Liberal Fascism

It has been said before that Hitler was a socialist, and that the Nazis were socialists/leftists. 

Just came across an awesome book by Jonah Goldberg that is very relevant to this topic and explains why fascism is a phenomena of the left, not of the right as is commonly believed.

The book is here: 
http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212735927&sr=8-1

Here's some interesting interviews with him: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-qPdxcuG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J30-eYb9SlE

A speech: 
http://myheritagemedia.org/gallery.asp?action=viewimage&categoryid=1&imageid=3524

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=fascism
"a.  A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism."

Stringent socioeconomic controls (big government/nanny statism),  censorship (such as the regulations advocated by liberals lately masquerading as campaign finance reform), centralization of government power  (big national government as opposed to more states rights, an idea of the left not the right), and dictatorship (as opposed to limited and constitutional government) are all concepts antithetical to traditional conservative or "classical liberal" modes of thought. 

Conservatives oppose centralization of government power and favor state's rights.  They oppose unbridled government power and support limited government.  They oppose "stringent" socioeconomic government controls, and support rolling back many laws and regulations that infringe on liberties. 

The idea that conservatives could be fascists is just absurd, and Jonah rips the notion to shreds in his intriguing new book.

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Oh, like how conservatives are respecting civil liberties when it comes to things like abortion and crap. Sorry, "the ones who fail aren't from us" isn't a real argument, if you're going to try it, and while we're at it, let's ignore the fact how social-democratic countries in Europe enjoy far greater civil liberties than their American counterparts, and how the British new-labor switch to neo-liberal economics started a chain reaction resulting in transforming them into an almost American-grade police state right? Let's ignore reality and stick to our all-American basement retard delusions, right? LIBERALISM LEAD TO FASCISM BECAUSE I ARBITRARILY DECLARED IT SO WITH NO EXAMPLE IN HISTORY.

Though I don't understand why you're trying, because I believed people of your caliber simply went libertarian and declared everything else the same and evil.