humanities.philosophy.objectivism

Sketch:

Sketch System wrote:
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> Yes, the best way to a truly fascist state is the separation of
> economics and state ;)



You have that totally wrong.

The definition of Fascism is that the government regulates the
production of all goods and services, allocates projects and capital,
and determines the prices, qualities, quantities of goods and services
in the economy. It can do so only in the absence of individual rights.
Fascism is simply a regulatory economy. To maintain control and controls
it is a police state, and it becomes a totalitarian society.

There is an tight relationship of government controls and regulations
over individuals and industry.

Fascism requires that there are no individual rights, and property is a
matter of technical altruistic form and not rights.

Where there are no rights, there are no rights for women or men, and
there is no freedom of thought, ideas, philosophy, speech, or of the press.

A sure indicator of Fascism, and probably all Socialism or Communism, is
that government contracts play a decisive role in all human activities.
Pres. Eisenhower called that the government-industry combination, if I
may paraphrase what he said. That means that the system needs greasing
of the palm in order to function. There must be, and that is necessary
to fascism, an enormous amount of graft, payola, bribery, under the
table payments, gifts, clout, kickbacks, permissions, favoritism,
licensing, rebates, rake offs, percentages, travel, and you name it, to
make the system function.

That is its downfall. Capital and human action cannot be allocated by
others.

Allocations in a productive happiness oriented society can only be made
by oneself for one's own rational self interest; and that requires
rights to be commonly held and lived throughout the society. That is the
meaning of the common welfare. A free society requires a clear division
of economics and government and it requires a government that is
dedicated to the preservation of rights for all people.

Ralph Hertle