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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The level of self-contradiction in this post is really a sight to behold, so politicians don't have your best interest in mind, but the politicians who you support do because you're short-sighted and dim-witted enough to believe their rhetoric of FREEDOM AND AMERICA?

What part of "reality" don't you understand? Don't do it wrong, retard. Don't teach scientifically invalid positions, don't cry about pseudoscientific delusions because you were raised by your retarded parents as ignorant. Most conservatives cry about this simply because if the system works, there won't be mass-produced retarded hicks to cry about religion etc.

Liberals want to restrict retarded thought, conservatives want to restrict thought contradicting with their retarded thought. The whole "protecting individual from society" crap is utter bullshit. While they hold pretty much the same thought, conservatives stick to old and outdated notions, while liberals are a bit more at peace with reality - it's like wikipedia vs. conservapedia. Wikipedia isn't good, but at least it isn't a load of retardation like conservapedia, it's at least somewhat useful. And, the conservative position is like crying because he deleted the evolution page and put a picture of jesus there, and then got banned.