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Re: Intellectual Property Meets Fascism



On the issue of fascism, there's an interesting opinion article by
Lewis Lapham in the current issue of HARPERS magazine. He argues that
the US has the best facist system ever!

I disagree with his definition of fascism as authoritarianism (so that
Stalin's USSR counts), but as usual, Lapham is fun to read. (I see
fascism as instead being a form of capitalism, an authoritarian
response to popular struggle, like in Jack London's dystopian novel,
THE IRON HEEL.)

Jim Devine



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