Good for the goose good for the gander @Revoltingest , unfortunately. It can't be one without the other.
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The Fascism Test
- Thread starter Willamena
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Good for the goose good for the gander @Revoltingest , unfortunately. It can't be one without the other.
Do I win?
Correct. That part was more far left communism. Fascism is more about favoured races, social Darwinism and their God given right to rule over others etc.
But maybe I am wrong
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
It has nothing to do with fascism but seeing the reality of what rights really are: glorified privileges. Yes, the US Constitution says the state guarantees rights. Except it didn't provide them to women or natives, and was so loose with black people that it only mentioned them as slaves and they would loose many rights they had. A few months ago Roe v Wade was of those state guaranteed rights. Today it's not. Eventually it will again be granted.
If it isn't the state as the one who grants rights then who is it? Fickle gods who often can't make up their mind? Faceless nature that says nothing on it? It's definitely not those who protested it, because they didn't have those rights and often went to jail doing those "rights" they were denied and this could only end once the state granted (and frequently enforced) these rights.
And I fully disagreed. The individual is always and in all cases more important than the state. There is no such thing as common good, collective will and other nonsensical myths created by statists. The state is simply a glorified service provider to individuals and is paid for its services through taxes. The state serves me and not I the state.
Same. I didn't either.
Nevertheless, perhaps it (and other differences) accounts for a score higher than you expected.
PureX
Veteran Member
It seemed to me that most of the questions were based on a presumption that the opposite of "fascism" is some sort of ideological anarchy. Lots of questions about the power of the "state" with no information about what "state" they are referring to. I am not an anarchist, but that certainly doesn't make me a fascist. We need governments to coordinate and control our collective needs, efforts, and behavior. But their power to do so must be granted to them by the people, and must be rescinded by the people if it is ever abused or neglected.
Fascism isn't "government control". Or even the control of the many by the few. That would include any form of government. Fascism is about being in full control of the people, imposed and enforced regardless of their will or well-being.
Fascism isn't "government control". Or even the control of the many by the few. That would include any form of government. Fascism is about being in full control of the people, imposed and enforced regardless of their will or well-being.
Viker
Häxan
We're equals!
By common good I mean that every citizen has the right to basic, indispensable public services.
And the management of these services cannot be entrusted to privates, but must necessarily be controlled (or better monitored) by the State, that ensures that all citizens can benefit from these services.
Do you agree with that?
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Quite a bit of it I actually didn't, for basically reasons as the other. I agree with one part but disagree with another. Like the one about all the companies making the same part. I agree it is inefficient. But it would probably be better to have some outside group with the knowledge of such things to help organize efforts to make such things more efficient. The state would be the best to encourage it, but it's not likely to have the knowledge to effectively make such a thing happen (in regards to the tires and tools in the question).
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
One town where I lived in Indiana, the citizens got an itch to privatize the trash services (this was during the height of the Tea Party), and there was a lot of outrage over it because the city would absolutely not budge on it because the private contractors wouldn't remove as much trash or the same items and they'd charge more to do it.
And private fire departments where beyond a total failure.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
I think it just has poor wording and bad questions. Other tests put me no where near it, because I'm not.
I agree that the state should monitor to ensure that essential services are delivered.
But the way the questions were framed told me that the State had the right and priority to decide what is or is not common good and the prerogative of violating the rights of citizens if needed to pursue it. I do not agree with that
Neither do I.
43% and fascist fellow traveller, but as per others, mostly a Socialist. 
As an individual I will judge you harshly for being a
parasite on society's rear end. But I wouldn't allow
government to do the same.
BTW, get to work!
This is a basic misunderstanding of what makes markets efficient. Ideally there should be hundreds of companies making the same part and competing with each other for business. That competition ensure quality and innovation and low pricing, the customer then has the freedom to switch as soon as one companies product does a wee bit better than the others. This is why monopolies or a few players making a secret deal and creating a clique to capture the market is so damaging to the economy.