JL, Putin's a slithery creature who gravitates to the winning side in politics. He was a KGB Commie till the SU fell. And he considers that a tragedy. But now I'd classify him as a part of the fascist right, I mean, look at his loyalties.Where did I root for him? Some on the American right do like him, therefore all conservatives do, therefore I do.(???). Don't you see holes in that reasoning?
I bet you agree w/some things Marx said. Does that make you a Communist?
TBP-He's always been a strong supporter of the Russian Orthodox Church-not Communistic, that.
Fascists are not "the right." They're half a baby step right of Communists, but they're very close cousins. The difference is about the difference between maroon and burgundy.
Giovanni Gentile, the brains of fascism and essentially its founder, as well as being Mussolini's ghostwriter, said that fascism is a form of socialism -- in fact, its most viable form. Mussolini himself had beena Communist (like Putin) and Hitler was a Marxist.
