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Entry: A New Humanism in Europe Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_new_humanism_in_europe#6202 Post contents: Well, other forms of economic organization might be also compatible to Catholic Social Teaching as well. The author of this piece and those whom he summarizes think so. Dr. Thomas Woods thinks so, for the libertarians. So does Michael Novak for the Hamiltonians. So did Clean Gene for the USA version of Social Democrats. So did Röpke, for the Christian Democrats. It remains: Corporativism was the economic view of Mussolini and Dollfuß, however they got those views. And the May Constitution looks pretty Fascist, to my eye. Moreover, John Lukacs is quite correct that Fascism and Naziism are rather different movements. Dollfuß indeed hated Naziism, and paid for it with his life; but Fascism ....? Keep in mind the historical context. At the time, lots of atrocity reports were coming out of the Soviet Union, atrocities against Christians. The Church and many other Christians thought "the Right" would help fight this. How wrong they were. All the same, Dollfuß is no saintly martyr to me. My hero: Don Luigi Sturzo. Yet this is just a quibble between Dr. Cathey and me. Strike Dollfuß from my first writeback, if you will. Tiso remains as the the textbook example of clerical Fascism. So are others. Let's just say that Christians who didn't join with Pius XI in his condemnation of racialism, Judeophobia, Naziism, and Fascism, have a lot to answer for. Much more to my liking would be comments on Mr.Danilo Breschi's arguments, arguments that I endorse. I have addressed some of those arguments. Don't make me the topic of conversation. Sent at: 2008 11 22