Are They Kissing Cousins?

I say yes.

Bradley J. Berzer at The American Conservative has some interesting background of the compare and contrast variety on Nazi-ism, Fascism, and Communism. He agrees with me (I was there first!) that Fascism and Communism are two sides of the same coin although he uses the term Kissing Cousins.

Nazi-ism focused on the national (National Socialist) while Communism focused on the international (Comintern). Both were virulently anti-Capitalist. There are many, many other examples but for the moment I'll stick with the Soviet-Nazi nonaggression pact that led to the willful co-invasion of Poland in 1939.

Take a look here for a pretty good synopsis.

Let's Be Classy

Here's an interesting article at The American Thinker about classism and modern feminism.

The author, Katie El-Diwany, asks an interesting question. When I hear women speak of wanting to succeed they are talking about professions like engineering, medicine, or law. Why do I not hear them speak of being the world's best plumber or electrician? I'm just asking.

Where's My Copy?

A quick essay by Robert Higgs at The Foundation for Economic Education asks the interesting question, Do We Really Consent to Be Governed? 

The line that caught my attention is "I haven’t even seen the contract, much less been asked to consent to it." Come to think of it, neither have I.

The Great Divide

Or should I say, The Great Dividing. The parties are drifting apart as if they are continental plates.

I guess you can Google the survey (Poole and Rosenthal) if you want the data behind this but I find it very interesting and also bias confirming. Over time, Democrats are turning more to the left and Replublicans more to the right.

By George!

Political Correctness is Fascism pretending to be manners.
     George Carlin

Who Knew We Were So Good?

I'll let this article speak for itself but I was a little surprised to learn the size of these GDP gaps. Apparently, most of the states of the United States are more productive than the nations of the rest of the world. Even the poorest American state of Mississippi outranks Italy and South Korea for per capita economic activity. (Click on this link to see the full article.)

Note that GDP = Gross Domestic Product which (when split per capita) is the economic output of each individual of the countries listed.

The Second Word is Socialist

I started watching the YouTube videos of a history blogger who goes by the name TIK (sorry, I don't know his real name) because he's an excellent source of historical facts about the Second World War and, more specifically, the Eastern Front.

I'll partake in a bit of bias-confirmation and link to a video he posted today which dives into the depths about why the second word of National Socialist Workers Party (aka NAZI) is socialist.

Check it out.