Thanks for all the participated in the
poll!
From the above link to DailyKos you can see the questions of the poll, or
here.
The questions are derived from
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV
Document No. 1708-PS Also HT to
FPC for pointing to
Modern History Sourcebook:
The 25 Points 1920:
An Early Nazi Program.
And the results are:
How many of the above policies do you agree with:
Category------Range----Percentage----Number of Votes
Almost all-----(23-26)--15%-------------3
Most-----------(19-22)--10%-------------2
More than Half(15-18)--15%------------3
Around Half---(11-14)--5%--------------1
Less than Half(7-10)---5%--------------1
Very few------(3-6)----36%--------------7 (I cast one vote here)
Almost none---(0-2)----10%-------------2
Votes: 19
While the total poll numbers are low it does show a nice distribution but with a low point in the 7-14 range of only being 10%. The low number of agreements was slightly higher of 9 (Taking out my vote) vs. 8 of high number of agreements with a slight bias against the low number of agreements with 11 choices (0-11) vs. 12 choices (14-26).
This of course is not a scientific poll but may point to my point of view that while Fascism has many similarities with socialism or left leaning similarities and yes even some right leaning similarities it is not logical or useful to put Fascism on a left-right divide.
Some other ways of looking at political landscapes can be found here.
I don't expect this to explain all aspects of fascism but at least get a primer started on thinking of how political parties in the US and the world should be analyzed in relationship to each other. One of my philosophies is that people or to a broader sense groups should be allowed to express themselves in their own words and not imposed by outside groups that want to disparage such groups in hyperbolic political attacks. Ron Rutherford
Links of interest:
Two Myths
More Nazi Talk
Nazi Ideas
Another link to Nazism
International Order
Left-Right and Fascists
Left-Wing Fascism
Right-Wing Fascism
Wiki-Fascism