Another essential offering from Samizdata, pointing out this article from the UK's Libertarian Alliance. As libertarians know, fascism and socialism are practically the same ideology. The LA article traces Mussolini's socialist roots:
From 1912 to 1914, Mussolini was the Che Guevara of his day, a living saint of leftism. Handsome, courageous, charismatic, an erudite Marxist, a riveting speaker and writer, a dedicated class warrior to the core, he was the peerless duce of the Italian Left. He looked like the head of any future Italian socialist government, elected or revolutionary.
The rest of that article will make some leftists very uncomfortable. Don't skip reading the comments to the Samizdata post as well, including:
Naziism substituted race struggle for class struggle; one could opine that anti-Semitism and anti-capitalism were born conjoined twins.
Posted by: zacek
The opposite of Fascism isn't found on the Left, the opposite of Socialism isn't found on the Right. In both cases opposition is found in libertarianism, or classical liberalism, or anarcho-capitalism, or whatever you want to call it, as long as you're clear on the concept. I'm not picky.
Posted by Walter at October 20, 2003 09:14 PM