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Fascism

In utter frustration over their inability to get rid of the centrist black president now running the US of A, right wingers take to calling him names. Socialist, communist, fascist, etc. But most of those using these terms don't have a clue what they mean - it just seems to them that they are slurs they can use without reverting to racist jargon.

If we look at the word 'fascist', for example, we need to ask ourselves which party is really the party of fascism?

"The first truth is... a democracy is not safe if people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by... any controlling private power." - Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Well said, Henry. And just as true today.

"American fascists are easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact... They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest..." 

   - Henry Wallace, 1944

The U.S. becomes more and more corrupt each day.

The current hierarchy

Corporatism...

FDR - a REAL Democrat for the ages...

Fascism in America - Sinclair Lewis

Really well said - Henry Wallace

Defining Fascism

Conservatives better look to see who's calling whom a fascist...

From Acerbic Politics

Political Posters

After the round of Sunday talk shows yesterday, again I saw the fascist Republicans telling Americans that speaking out against the war adds comfort to our enemies. Excuse me, but I think it was far more comforting to our enemies that we went into this war under the pretext of a bunch of lies, with too few troops carrying too little armor, and that we've stayed far longer than we were welcome to stay. What a bunch of hooey!

President Bush has such a simple view of the world - everything is in black or white - subtle shades of gray don't exist in his world. Just a week ago, he said in a press conference that the way for all of us to sacrifice for the war was to keep our economy strong. "Go shopping," he said. What a buffoon.

Fascist Elections

From Wikipedia -

Fascism (IPA: [ˈfæː.ʃɪ.zm̩]) is a political ideology and mass movement that seeks to place the nation, defined in exclusive biological, cultural, and/or historical terms, above all other sources of loyalty, and to create a mobilized national community.[1] Many different characteristics are attributed to fascism by different scholars, but the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, corporatism, anti-liberalism, and anti-communism. For further elaboration, please refer to fascism and ideology.