Re: Republicans are not fascists

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

I'm not so sure. I once had a long argument with an old Italian
gentleman who said that the trains didn't run on time under Mussolini.
Further, I found some distribution data that indicated that the rate of
surplus-value rose drastically under Hitler in the 1930s. Finally, is it
simply jobs we care about? 

Jim Devine, e-mail: jdevine@xxxxxxx
web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ 
 
> one area the fascists had it over our Republicans is the former
> actually
> improved the economy and living conditions for most people, albeit
> for
> average people working hours increased a bit and without much wage
> growth,
> and for "enemies" nothing needs to be said about the horrors meted
> out.
> But,they created full employment for the "mainstream."  The
> Republicans, by
> contrast, only deliver the illusion prosperity for the many, and
> their
> "mainstream" consists only of the top decile at best with some
> crumbs
> falling to the second decile.... For a significant number of
> Germans, a
> majority really, the fascists could, in LBJ fashion, exclaim, "you
> never had
> it so good."  For the Republicans, it's only simulcra...