Syndicalism is alive and well in Washington.

Syndicalism is alive and well in Washington.

Syndicalism embraces the notion that labor unions should have leadership roles in all aspects of a society whether it be banking, business, science, the arts, manufacturing, or politics. Syndicalism seeks the establishment of a communist state. The bolsheviks, led by Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky, used as a rallying cry: “All power to the Soviets,” wherein the word “soviet” means council, (but was widely understood as labor union). The new nation that emerged once the Bolsheviks had seized power from the Romanovs in Russia (1917) was Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Thus the new nation was given a name that proclaimed its socialist, syndicalist nature. Until the Syndicalist takeover of Italy, by Benito Mussolini, and the takeover of Russia by Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky, syndicalism had been a quirky outgrowth of French Marxism. It was dominated by fanatic pamphleteers whose writings concentrated on how best to bring about a communist state. Two well known authors and theoreticians were Georges Sorel and Benito Mussolini.

Three Nasties: Fascism, Nazism, and Communism

Three Nasties: Fascism, Nazism and Communism

The first fascist to obtain widespread power was Benito Mussolini when he became Italian head of state in 1922. In his autobiography, Mussolini stated that the person who most influenced him was Georges Sorel, a rabid French Socialist. Mussolini was a national socialist, as was Adolph Hitler. Stalin was an international socialist. Socialists, whether nationalist in focus or international in focus, are collectivists. (An excellent view of Sorel can be obtained in the book, The Liar’s Tale, by Jeremy Campbell.)

Collectivists believe in public ownership of capital goods. They wrongly believe that individualists are selfish(see Chapter 4, The Open Society in Bye-Bye Sweet Liberty .).

By definition, Individuals are not collectivists. In general, conservatives believe in individuals, not collections of individuals. I would dare say Allegations of conservative support for any form of fascism, don’t hold up under even mild scrutiny. Many “liberals” have collectivist tendencies, and therefore, a “liberal” is more closely aligned to fascism. I suggest to anyone wishing to learn more on this topic that they read, “The Birth of Fascist Ideology,” by Zeev Sternhell (Princeton University Press, 1994).

After assuming power, Mussolini realized he need not destroy capital goods or corporations, as had Lenin, et.al. All he had to do was to was force leaders of the corporations to obey. Then he could employ structures already in use to enhance his power. He established what became known as corporatism. He coined the word fascism to describe his new political structure, of which he was the head. He employed an ancient roman symbol, the fasces, a bundle of sticks bound together around a battle ax, all tied together in a bundle, with the ax head protruding, as the symbol of his fascist party. The symbol has elements of collectivism and violence ---- the bundled sticks representing the collective as being stronger than a lone stick or ax handle.

Currently in Washington, D.C. ...

Currently in Washington, D.C. . . .

With what goes on in Washington today, we can conclude that the Demo/nihilists are trying to take the route pioneered by Mussolini in the 1920s.

The obvious question is, why? Answer: Ignorance. After destroying public education, and they, as products of their fraudulent education, don’t know history, so they are repeating a failed 90-year old ideology.

God, help us.

When Demo/nihilists call conservatives Nazis, they are projecting (in Freudian fashion) their own inner tendencies onto others. ----JWThinkwright