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Entry: Pat, John, and the Others Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/pat_john_and_the_others#28377 Post contents: @nbf: we must disagree quite profoundly on this point. I think Lukacs fundamentally misunderstood the Soviet threat (due, perhaps as Richard Spencer and Paul Gottfried have pointed out on these pages, to his myopic view of Germany). Additionally, I think your figure of "50 million" is exaggerated--you apparently blame all casualties from the 2nd World War on Germany, an arguable point, indeed. On the other hand,the effect of Soviet Communism, in particular exercized through the Commintern and tight control over most Communist regimes and parties worldwide, was markedly greater and lasted nearly six times longer than Naziism. Ernst Nolte's classic THREE FACES OF FASCISM is quite good on the inherent weaknesses and contradictions in Naziism, and such classics as DARKNESS AT NOON and Rafael Gambra's EL SILENCIO DE DIOS detail Communism as a unique totalitarian all-inclusive force, something only the most dedicated Nazi might wish for (and which was never really achieved in Germany, where the trappings of Wilhelmine Germany and middle class society continued in large part in tact up until at least late 1944). But that is not the subject of this thread, so I'll stop. Admire THE NATION, if you wish... I can think of lots of other things I'd rather do. Sent at: 2008 11 20