Hitler, Stalin and Mao from an empathetic view

Jonah Goldberg's best selling "Liberal Fascism," released two years ago sought to link the origins of American liberalism with the progressive era of the early 20th century. Goldberg wrote that it was progressives who helped to ignite movements overseas for Fascism, European style Socialism, Communsim and even Naziism.

Legendary film producer and iconic "new era progressive" Oliver Stone gives an emphathetic view of Stalin, Hitler and Mao, in his upcomming documentary series on Showtime. The film series is called, "The Secret History of America." Stone attempts to tell the story of the rise of the three dictators from their perspective. And in an ironic twist actually ends up agreeing with Goldberg's assertions by emphasizing America's role in helping to spawn the dictorial regimes. Though Stone, unlike Goldberg, puts the blame more on American corporations such as GM and IBM, rather than Democrat politicians of the time.

Stone is quoted by The Live Feed:

"Stalin has a complete other story," Stone said. "Not to paint him as a hero, but to tell a more factual representation.

As for Hitler, Stone sees him as an "easy scapegoat," and adds:

I've been able to walk in Stalin's shoes and Hitler's shoes to understand their point of view.

Stone says when it comes to Fascism and Communism, Rightwingers just don't get it

As if on cue, Stone admits that "conservatives" will not like his portrayal.

"Obviously, Rush Limbaugh is not going to like this history and, as usual, we're going to get those kind of ignorant attacks," said Stone.

And in order to have a greater understanding of Naziism and Communism Stone asserts:

We're going to educate our minds and liberalize them and broaden them. We want to move beyond opinions ...