Reply #118: There's not a hill of beans difference between what Chavez is doing

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and what the fascists did. The only difference is the (false) reasons they claim to be doing it. The real reason is the same--to give themselves absolute power.

And the spectrum isn't linear but a circle. When you get right down to the end results, it's pretty hard to tell a fascist (like Hitler) from a communist (like Stalin). They may claim a different ideology as their motivation but both extremes trample the rights of the individual for the good of the state.