tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post7813980834160380706..comments2023-09-22T11:08:46.559-07:00Comments on Musings in the Public Square: Eat your spinach!Jason V. Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726938160255627838noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post-80305109260167954932010-01-17T07:54:59.678-08:002010-01-17T07:54:59.678-08:00Good points...maybe this is a kind of fabian socia...Good points...maybe this is a kind of fabian socialism. I think there should also be a distinction between the rise of fascist dictators/dictatorships and the general sentiment necessary for the success of such regimes. Maybe my descriptions suits the later. <br /><br />Thanks for the article post...Brent Stubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814899666244618561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post-84234121771938464052010-01-14T19:58:00.966-08:002010-01-14T19:58:00.966-08:00But I wonder if history bears that out. The rise o...But I wonder if history bears that out. The rise of fascism in the 20th century didn't seem to occur that way:<br /><br />Spain: Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War<br />Germany: Nazis were able to tap the anger of the German people over the Carthaginian peace of the Versailles Treaty<br />Italy: I'll defer to anyone out there about the rise of Mussolini.Jason V. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726938160255627838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post-56357537812464097992010-01-13T03:57:36.127-08:002010-01-13T03:57:36.127-08:00I think there are two things at work here: the pol...I think there are two things at work here: the political/governmental and the cultural/individual. For the later, temperance with regards to sex and food has always been a function of a personal internal struggle. This struggle can obviously be augmented by the supply or lack thereof of food or sexual partners.<br /><br />The political/governmental dimension acts as a "grab for power" function that is a kind of "lowest hanging fruit" mentality of fascist or socialist regimes. If those titles take it too far, at the least I would consider that history proves that those in government who become intoxicated with the power to control look for easy opportunities to control the population in an attempt to gain greater controls later. Generally this happens through taxation.<br /><br />Look for the prostitution tax.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803259069377592282noreply@blogger.com