a. "The idea that communist leaders felt any different...". In other words "the different perspectives" they had about what caused their success. I do not believe they had different perspectives, except externally.
b. I think it's pretty clear that Moxie favours what he perceives as the superior point of view of one group over the other and he reinforces that by himself clapping with the audience in emulation of the preferred group.
I'm not for a moment suggesting that he's got simplistic ideas about Communism and Fascism. I actually don't know his politics. I understand that he talking more about the concept of historical materialism, of being part of a movement rather than being a mover. On the other hand I think a reasonable reader would infer that this goes beyond mere analogy.
They're distinguishable at least by their respective utopian conclusions.
A ideological fascist utopia looks very different than a communist one.
One may rightly gripe that in practice there is no difference, or that those in the respective governments did not believe in the ideas they espoused and instead worked towards different ends.
But I can't believe that 100% of those following the ideologies ignored their tenets.
a. "The idea that communist leaders felt any different...". In other words "the different perspectives" they had about what caused their success. I do not believe they had different perspectives, except externally.
b. I think it's pretty clear that Moxie favours what he perceives as the superior point of view of one group over the other and he reinforces that by himself clapping with the audience in emulation of the preferred group.
I'm not for a moment suggesting that he's got simplistic ideas about Communism and Fascism. I actually don't know his politics. I understand that he talking more about the concept of historical materialism, of being part of a movement rather than being a mover. On the other hand I think a reasonable reader would infer that this goes beyond mere analogy.