RACE AND GENES

Wow! Jason Soon has just written to me to draw attention to his �other� blog -- one he shares with a group of writers. I must confess that Jason had always seemed a bit wishy-washy to me (though as �Catallaxy� he is on my list of links) but his �other� blog is full-on and pulls no punches about the truths of racial differences and genetics. Have a look.

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LINK CENTRAL

I also have to endorse Scott Wickstein�s description of �Bitchin� Monaro� as �link central� for Australian bloggers. I have never seen so many links. There�s at least a year�s reading for anyone there. If ever you are looking for somebody�s site you would have the best chance of finding the link you want there. There is also a huge list of links to what looks like all the world�s online media.

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FUKUYAMA�S �END�

I have always thought that Fukuyama�s �End of history� thesis was a good attention-grabber and not much else but a lot of sensible people seem to take him seriously. There is what I think is a well-balanced consideration of it all here.

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THE �SNIPERS�

As usual, there are some more great excerpts on the latest issue of the �Fed�. My picks both have to do with the recently captured �snipers� (two blacks, one an illegal immigrant and another named Mohammed) who killed at random in the Washington D.C. area:

"Can you imagine if a profiler had tried to get on, even Fox News, let alone the other networks, and said, 'You know what, I suspect it's a Nation of Islam member and an illegal alien who are doing this killing.' They never would have let them on TV."

�I have never in my life seen a faster and bigger 180 on the death penalty than among white liberals in Virginia, Maryland, and the D.C. area."


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MORE ON FASCIST LEFTISM

As I mentioned yesterday, the Summary from my recent article in �Front Page�, which showed that modern-day Leftism consists largely of recycled Fascist ideas, was reprinted by Sylvia Finlayson in her corner of �Meridian�, a Mormon magazine. Sylvia has now kindly forwarded to me another response from her readers -- this time one from CB, a history enthusiast. Since CB puts the case rather well, I reproduce his words below:

Of course Mussolini's ideas were forerunners of modern Western Leftism -- he was a modern, Western Leftist! Italy is, after all, a Western country and Fascism is a very Leftist political-economic system. On a politically right-to-left scale, Fascism falls somewhere between "simple" socialism and full-bore Marxist-Leninism. But all are clearly Leftist!

The two most defining differences between Fascism and Communism are scope and ownership of the means of production. Marxism, the most extreme of the two, crows that the State must own all means of production (but only for the protection and good of the People). Also, Communism is globalist in its view: all peoples everywhere will (must) eventually see the wisdom in its philosophy and adopt its creed in order that everyone will have peace and prosperity.

Fascism, on the other hand, does not require State ownership of any aspect of the economy. But it will control by fiat the key sectors of the economy. And nationalism is a primary tool for Fascists to rally the people to its cause. Mussolini challenged Italians to regain the glory that was Rome's; Franco appealed to Spaniards' memories of the faded Catholic Majesty that was 16th century Spain; Hitler created a Third Reich, aping the Germanic Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne, and trading on a mythical race of supermen.

The labels became clouded when Italian, Spanish, and German Fascists went head-to-head with Russian-backed Communists after World War I. It was the Russian Communists who styled the Fascists as "right-wing". (From a Marxist point of view, Fascists are somewhat Right -- but just barely!) The Western Fascists of the last century fought the Russian communists not so much over differences in theory as tradition and culture. Certainly, Germany and Russia have warred for centuries. But, communism is foreign-based and dictated, while Fascism is usually home-grown. It may even be true that the rise of Fascism in these countries was precipitated by Russian-exported communism taking advantage of war-shattered economies and governments.

The Weimar Republic in 1920s Germany was so-named because it could not operate
from the traditional capital in Berlin. Berlin and other cities had been overtaken by Moscow-backed German communists, who declared them Soviet Socialist Republics. Mussolini, Franco, and (especially) Hitler wanted none of that!

It is also somewhat amusing to read that young Leftists go about protesting
(rioting) against globalization. The foremost proponents of globalization are, of course, dyed-in-the-wool Marxists! Where the two sides differ is just who will run the world: the capitalist West, or the communist East?

The fact that young idealists have no concept of what they aid and abet is testimony to the success of traditional Russian deception. This is a skill developed over many centuries and pre-dates Russian Marxism by a millenium. The "Big Lie" wasn't invented in Nazi Germany. It was adapted from the successes of Germany's Marxist neighbor to the East. And it still works today.

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SOME POLITICAL LAUGHS

As usual, Opinion Journal has some good laughs today but I wonder how many will get the one that ends: �Shouldn't the delegation include someone from Chad?�


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