[PEN-L:1823] Re: More Polanyi vs. Hayek

[Jim Jaszewski <jjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, bill mitchell wrote:

> >	I think Thatcherism was not fascist simply because it did not NEED
> >to be... Thatcher herself I consider to be an out-and-out fascist.
>
> We should be careful to use terms that are meaningful in the context of which
> they have been historically coined. hayek is nothing like a fascist nor is
> maggie thatcher.

	OK -- she's a NEO-fascist...  :>


> one doesn't have to be a fascist to be the propounder of structures and
> policies which we on the left would find utterly repugnant. both the named fit
> that category. but they are not fascistic.

	I'm sorry, but I disagree.  I truly believe that Margaret Thatcher
was quite capable of becoming a british Pinochet.  That her (not his)
government ITSELF was not fascist I wouldn't debate -- but that's not the
point here.  My point is that the british Conservative Party is full of
closet fascists (of either the neo or paleo type -- take yer pick).




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