Hi Horse, No, really, not intentionally I hope! These politicians are here to ride in on their shining horses and save us. What other purpose could they have in mind. The internet is a great source for lies, just take a look at Wikipedia.
Mark On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Horse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark > Have you never heard of the wolf in sheep's clothing or that politicians > (and certain folk around here) tell lies? > > Horse > > On 23/10/2010 06:01, 118 wrote: > >> Hi Horse, >> Now, I am not a historian but I have read a few books, The Rise and the >> Fall >> of the Third Reich being one of them. My father lived through the war in >> Holland and I have had many discussions with him. In my opinion Platt is >> correct in saying that the Nazi party (NSP) started as a socialist party. >> It named itself the German Worker's Party, which has obvious socialist >> overtones. The party came to power due to a depression. The NSP promised >> the middle class it would fix all the problems (never said how). The NSP >> had an extensive welfare system (also a socialist premise), which gave >> them >> more power. Living conditions for the masses improved under the NSP. >> >> Fascism can have benign connotations if we separate it from the war >> atrocities. In fact Italian fascism was quite popular, and Mussolini was a >> socialist journalist. The economic model is that all production is in the >> control of the government, or very large corporations (socialist). >> >> Hegel followers and others were looking for an alternative to common >> socialism with many of the same attributes. They thought fascism it would >> result in harmony between social classes (also a socialist ideal). It was >> a >> top down approach, which is also socialist. All of these words now have >> different meanings due to the ghastly war, but these Germans and Italians >> were not stupid, they were indeed looking for a better society. >> >> But unfortunately (and I will end with a poem by Robert Burns): >> >> The best laid schemes of mice and men >> Go often askew. >> And leave us nothing but grief and pain, >> For promised joy! >> >> Be skeptical of the intellect... >> >> It's all on the Internet >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> >> >> > -- > > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." > — Frank Zappa > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
