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Posted by: engineer 2 years, 4 months agoThe expansion of democracy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries intensified the antidemocratic reaction of conservative authoritarianism. Starting first in Italy as an antidemocratic and antisocialist movement after WWI, fascism is in essence the twentieth century version of age old tendencies in politics.
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engineer
July 23, 2007, 8:56 a.m.This article basically shows how we are losing our democracy through th new Fascism in our administration.
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gamahuche
July 23, 2007, 9:04 a.m."The hallmark of fascism is a merging of state and corporate power coupled with the transfer of power from the individual to the government and corporate elite. It is for this reason that liberals as a whole must be purged or at the very least, marginalized. Taking a look at the liberal achievements of the past century reveals a common theme. The civil rights movement, equal rights movement, free speech movement, environmental movement, the labor movement, and others all have one thing in common: They put power in the hands of the individual. This is incompatible with the fascist ideal of the transfer of power to the state elite and the individual serving as the raw material for the state machine to function on. Most often, fascist propaganda places the lump sum of the blame for a nations troubles on the shoulders of the liberals. It's worth noting that in Nazi Germany the communists, labor organizers, and liberals were purged before the gays, Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals."
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Radiofreeeuropa
July 23, 2007, 9:30 a.m.The voices of American fascism have demonized the left and the moderates. They have falsely defined the moderates as liberals shifting the spectrum of political dialog to the far right. This makes their extremist intolerant policies seem less fanatic to their troglodyte lemming followers. How many of these qualities that all fascist states share has the U.S. aquired?
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
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texangelwings
July 23, 2007, 9:43 a.m.Great find, engineer! This article is on target with what is happening to America, "land of the free and home of the brave"! Americans are going to have to figure out what is happening and find their 'brave' willingness to fight to retrieve our Democracy!
The quest for wealth and material things by a few, has always been the downfall of great nations. The pharohs accummulated wealth and things to be buried with them for the after life, now found on display in museums.
America's wakeup call is here and now!
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Radiofreeeuropa
July 23, 2007, 10:03 a.m.Who said this?
The national government will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality. Today Christians stand at the head of our country. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit. We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theater, and in the press -- in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of LIBERAL excess during the past years.
-- Adolf Hitler from The Speeches of Adolph Hitler, 1922-1939, Vol. 1, Michael Hakeem, Ph.D. (London, Oxford University Press, 1942), pp. 871-872.
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Goppy
July 23, 2007, 10:58 a.m.I think all you liberals are goin overboard.
We Christian Conservatives dont want fasism.
We just want to establish a Christian nation based on Southern Baptist values and morals. We believe that God wanted this. And since we are born again saved, we have a unique understandin bout what God wants.
We also believe that its our duty to spread the words of the Bible, which we done reinterpreted to merge with our political beliefs. That means we needs a very, very powerful military so that we can spread the 'Good News' bout our special and unique understandin with God.
If you only would let us implement our fundamentalist vision of Jesus in a politican framework- youd really like it.
I dont think itd be like fasism at all. Itd be like Bush, cheney, Kalr Rove, Scooter LIbby, Don Rumsfeld, and Condi - havin complete control - with no oversight, and not havin to answer to no one!
Wounded that be grate?
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gamahuche
July 23, 2007, 12:03 p.m.Come on out and play Cherev! You're bold enough to sink the story and insert your little negative votes liberally - lets hear your OPINION! We can't all jump you at the same time.
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scott4261
July 23, 2007, 12:09 p.m.The signs of fascism are all around us, but the remaining Bush apologists either are in denial that it really is fascism or they are too stupid to realize it.
We see the denial and ignorance every day ...right here on these threads.
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2sidestoeverything
July 23, 2007, 12:23 p.m.Great submission engineer and many of the post were good as well thanks everyone.
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scriblerus1
July 23, 2007, 12:29 p.m.I got in very late on a thread posted by david nwpa concerning a German historian's wish to republish Mein Kampf. I will repost my comment here:
A great contemporary writer, Chris Hedges discusses how when a war starts, a nation must first destroy its collective memory, its culture. Hitler used the defeat of Germany and the Treaty of Versailles as a catalyst to destroy Germany's culture and replace it with the fiction, the myth of the Aryan race.
Mein Kampf is one of the tools Hitler used in that process of destruction and re-creation. As such, I believe students everywhere should read this book and study it in connection with its historical context.
Nazism is not a problem peculiar to a particular time and place. It can happen anywhere given the right set of social chemicals. Indeed, I believe fascism is growing in the U.S. as we speak.
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AmericanIdiot
July 23, 2007, 2:01 p.m.Bush rules by Executive Orders and National Emergency.
Executive Order 12919 is the basic National Emergency regulation
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Esta...
I have found only one instance of Bush declaring an end to the National Emergency, Executive Order 13550, of July 30, 2004, which terminated a National Emergency declared in Executive Orders 12722, 12274 (August 9, 1990), 12734 (Nov. 14,1990), 12743 (Jan. 18, 1991), 12751 (Feb. 14, 1991), and EO 12817 (Oct. 21, 1992).
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/a...
National Emergency has returned!
Executive Order 13159
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06...
"NOTE: Continuation of the National Emergency with respect to the risk of Nuclear Proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation."
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jimdoze
July 23, 2007, 3:08 p.m.Is the IO of an Amiba some kind of Input-Output channel on some kind of a video game? Just what is an Amiba?
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postchristianera
July 23, 2007, 2:32 p.m."When facism comes to America it will be clothed in the flag and carrying the cross" (Sinclair Lewis)
Hey its here and flourishing
my new motto is Supporting our troops Equals supporting the mission
I do not support the mission..therefore
Our present military volunteers are cheap labor to be exploited for corporate gain under the guise of patriotism
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4mogger
July 23, 2007, 2:39 p.m.Comparing Bush to Hitler is petty and childlike.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Adolf Hitler have far more in common.
Comparing Bush to Sir Winston Churchill....now that is more appropriate.
Failing to recognize a threat is dumb. Forcing those of us who have the will to confront the threat to stand by and watch it develop...that is criminal.
I am a soldier, and my opinion has been earned. Where did you get yours? NBC?
So far, Giuliani is the only qualified candidate for President for one simple reason...He gets it. There is no more United States if we fail to continually confront Islamic Extremists. We will never "win" that war because the Enemy has our own liberal press as their co-conspirators...but any current Dem. candidate will guarantee defeat. If Al Qaeda had a vote, Hillary Clinton and Hussein Obama would be president and VP.
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bongy337
July 23, 2007, 2:53 p.m.Bush and the Repugs really love the troops also.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_go_ca...
What does he and Cheney have to worry about since reaping untold millions for themselves and their cronies.
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jovial
July 23, 2007, 3:04 p.m.A remarkable testament to our present government and the way in which we should see it. Thanks.
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sheltercrow
July 23, 2007, 3:21 p.m.Capitalism by its very nature is antithetical to Democracy and Freedom. A society such as ours, dominated by corporations, is essentially fascist like it or not. Not to see the obvious is sheer stupidity.
The economy is based on capitalism, with a tight central control of the distribution of resources among the producers, and strict limitations on the free market for labor.
Power of corporations protected: Members of the economic elite were often pampered by the political elite to ensure a continued mutuality of interests, especially in the repression of "have-not" citizens.
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Theo_ll
July 23, 2007, 3:32 p.m.I am simply amazed at how much George Bush has. The power to declare war, invoke fascism, take away your rights and so much more...maybe he is the messiah...the annointed one. Good thing we have a two party system otherwise we be doomed.
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amazed
July 23, 2007, 3:36 p.m.((True democracy holds respect for all views, left and right, and all citizens are allowed a political voice free from persecution for their political views. The United States' slide towards fascism began with the elimination of the far left from the political dialogue. To date, the socialist and communist factions of our society have been all but silenced, and currently even the most timid of liberalism has been demonized))
Funny, but it seems to me that the left is doing a pretty fair job of demonizing, marginalizing and belittling anyone to the the right of themselves. And it seems to me, that I learned in the class I took many, many years ago on the rise of fascism, that one of the first rights to get trampled is the right of free speech, especially criticizing the gov't. Now, it seems to me, that you guys on the left are pretty well able to criticize the gov't, the President and anyone else in power with impunity.
If we were so fascist, netscape would be shut down.
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dglspres
July 23, 2007, 3:38 p.m.what a bunch of CRAP....Complain because corporations that give you your job makes money .. Bet you would love it if it was your company .... and then the "it's Bush" thing again ... come on Demo's for once sit down and listen to the crap you are preaching ... then listen to see if there is any COMMON SENSE to it.... What a bunch of CRAP
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sheltercrow
July 23, 2007, 3:51 p.m.For Mr 4mogger
Because age-based quotients only worked for children, it was replaced by a projection of the measured rank on the Gaussian bell curve with a center value (average IQ) of 100, and a standard deviation of 15 or occasionally 16 or 24. Thus the modern version of the IQ is a mathematical transformation of a raw score (based on the rank of that score in a normalization sample... ), which is the primary result of an IQ test.
In addition, IQ tests... were not intended to reliably discriminate much beyond IQ 130, as they simply do not contain enough exceptionally difficult items.
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