Blunt replied, “Think of me as a facilitator. I bring people together who can benefit from each other’s skills. I’d say you and Mosley’s British Union of Fascists have a lot in common. As for me, I’m a committed Marxist. James, what I found interesting about your Apostles discussion paper is that many of your proposals fit nicely into my political view of the world.”
“That can’t be right. Marxism and Fascism are opposite ends of the political spectrum.”
“Come on, James, you’re being naive. Obviously, politicians of every political persuasion employ contrasting rhetoric to enthuse and persuade their unsophisticated rank and file. If you examine Marxism, socialism, communism, fascism, and for that matter, Laissez-Faire capitalism, you’ll discover their political goals are identical as are their strategies and tactics. Each aims to create, support, and defend a dominant bureaucracy controlled by powerful financial and military elites. To survive, every political system requires a skilled and docile working class. Similarly, all regard dissidents and protest as counter-productive, which must be emasculated through civil and criminal law and, if necessary, by police or military force.”
“So, you’ve no problem with a foot in both camps?”
Blunt downed the remainder of his brandy and rose from the table. “It’s always nice to be on the winning side, whatever the outcome.”
Does anybody spot the parallels with many of the members of the GOP and the Tory party in Britain in choosing to follow Trump’s confused and contradictory rhetoric, solely for the purposes of political expediency to remain in power?
