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In Reply to: "Billy Budd" is the greatest Fascist Opera ever written. posted by John Marks on July 14, 2015 at 16:03:26:
Well, I have never seen Billy Budd (the opera) and at this stage can't recall the music, or at least the small amount I heard and didn't like. I have read the Melville novel and did see a movie adaption, and I can't see how this translates to fascism. I also thought that fascism was all about sublimating oneself to the goals of the state (and the difference with communism is that in the latter you are sublimating self to the goals of the people - which, in the end, turns out to be no difference.) B
I once heard a sociology professor proclaim that JFK's most fascist proclamation was "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". While in general I find JFK to have been an inspirational figure, this statement does give me pause.
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