Socialism and Fascism - Hitler and Occupy Protesters

Came across an article from Lawrence University, at http://www.lawrence.edu/sorg/objectivism/socfasc.html.

It is interesting how many of the demands of the leftist 'Occupy' movement align with the beliefs and plans of Hitler. I bet if you went down to Zucotti park and quoted, as Hitler did, "The Common Good Before the Individual Good", many of them would say "That's right!".

In case anyone still doubts the fact that there was no difference in princple between the fascists and the socialists, consider the following revealing quotations from various infamous Nazis and other fascists:

We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunities for employment and earning a living.

The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and for the good of all. Therefore, we demand:...an end to the power of the financial interests.

We demand profit sharing in big business.

We demand a broad extension of care for the aged.

We demand...the greatest possible consideration of small business in the purchases of the national, state and municipal governments.

In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education...We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents...

The government must undertake the improvement of public health -- by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth.

[We] combat the...materialistic spirit withn and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of The Common Good Before the Individual Good .

(Nazi party platform adopted at Munich, February 24, 1920;Der Nationalsozialismus Dokumente 1933-1945, edited by Walther Hofer, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Bucherei, 1957, pp. 29-31).

Occupy Protesters Eating their Own - Victory at Hand

Word of advice to the OWS movement: You have a golden opportunity. Declare victory now, immediately, and then stop the occupying and go on to stage two of GA meetings and Meetup planning sessions. If you don't declare victory and leave, your chaos, hypocrisy, and mayhem are about to bring a humiliating and public defeat while THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING. You will do more to make the progressive movement unpalatable to the masses than anything republicans could do. They are relishing every day of this occupy movement, as a serious blunder by the progressive-minded portion of the populace. As they say, "don't fight a man that's determined to commit suicide."

This article is a delicious read, and the comments are just as rich. It highlights the hypocrisy of some Occupy protestors, the challenges facing those trying to bring order to the chaos, and the realization that not everyone who likes to control others wears a three piece suit.

Occupy Seattle Disrupts Pro-Occupy Wall Street Forum, Drives Away Supporters

Bring It All Down, Man - Page 1 - Larry Kelley

Take a walk with Larry through the Oakland protest march. It's rich...

Bring It All Down, Man - Page 1 - Larry Kelley - Excerpt...

In attending the occupation of Oakland, I was struck by how the American Left has coalesced around the advocacy of Saul Alinsky, a man that 99% of the so called 99%ers have doubtlessly never heard of. In the 1930’s Alinsky created the “crisis strategy” which prescribed flooding welfare rolls in order to bankrupt cities. David Horowitz has led the country in detailing how it was the Alinsky model which profoundly influenced Barack Obama and gave birth to vast “shake-down” organizations such as ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). But even more importantly, he points out it was Alinsky, who, though not a communist, united the various socialists, anarchists, union workers, the disadvantaged and disaffected into a nihilist common cause—the seizure of power.

Photoshop Politics at Big Government

Nice addition to the photoshop politics gallery...