Mein Kampf is far from leftist

Post #338,337 by jake123 1/10/11 3:01:26 PM Reply	Mein Kampf is far from leftist The socialism in National Socialism bears the same relation to socialism that democratic and republic bear to those terms in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea. Orwell hated communism, remember? Plato is also very very far from a leftist view of government... have you ever read The Republic?
Post #338,338 by boxley 1/10/11 3:13:10 PM Reply	most commies have read mein kampf and borrowed from it Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #338,339 by jake123 1/10/11 3:27:13 PM Reply	Be that as it may, it's still one of the canonical texts of the fascist movement, and is a far right document... Goldberg's thesis notwithstanding.
Post #338,360 by jake123 1/10/11 8:31:15 PM Reply	I'd also like to add that Loughran talked about a grammar that brainwashed, which was, of course, the point of Newspeak, that created language of Ingsoc. He did say he was a fan of Orwell, right? After all, 1984 and Animal Farm paint socialists and communists in such a great light... and like I said, have you ever actually read The Republic, by Plato? I have. The form of governance it argues for is neither democratic nor egalitarian. The most that can be said for it is that it suggests an aristocracy based on merit... but an aristocracy nonetheless. Certainly not anything that resembled socialism. If there is any socialism there, it is at best the paternalistic conservative socialism of Kaiser Wilhelm, not the empowered radical socialism of Karl Marx. As for the rest of it, you say the left does it... but I don't hear the left when I tune in to the AM radios on the other side of the river.
Post #338,361 by boxley 1/10/11 8:36:07 PM Reply	nope its sports and rightwingers because that what the markets can sell. There are a few liberal talkers that do quite well but only in certain markets. Would be like having an AM station in montreal talking toronto politics all day, wouldnt last a week. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #338,363 by jake123 1/10/11 8:47:35 PM Reply	"because that's what the markets can sell" Exactly.

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