Guide to Post 9/11 American Government

Post #186,932 by tuberculosis 12/13/04 6:49:41 PM 8/21/07 12:40:28 PM Reply	Guide to Post 9/11 American Government You know - for kids. [link\|http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/Structure3.htm\|http://www.couplesco...cs/Structure3.htm] This may surprise most educated people. One of the more common government strategies today, especially in developing regions is fascism. Fascism is commonly confused with Nazism. Nazism is a political party platform that embraces a combination of a military dictatorship, socialism and fascism. It is not a government structure. Fascism is a government structure. The most notable characteristic of a fascist country is the separation and persecution or denial of equality to a specific segment of the population based upon superficial qualities or belief systems. ---- Ann Coulter seems to be the lead fascist mouthpiece as she continues to work to class all dissenters as "liberals". A term which she works hard to equate with "dangerous other-minded foes". "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 12:40:28 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #186,941 by Ashton 12/13/04 8:28:36 PM Reply	Then there's this summary - An interesting note to end this article: As of January 2004, the United States fulfills all fourteen points of fascism and all seven warning signs are present. But we're not alone. Israel also fulfills all fourteen points and all seven warning signs as well. Welcome to the new republic, redefined, revised and spun. It is not too late to reverse this in either country, but it will be soon. The first step is realizing it. The second step is getting involved. As the propaganda slogan disguising our current war goes, "Freedom isn't free." But our war for freedom isn't abroad; it's here at home. Umm there we Are. But it's Shopping Season. Difficult -still- to grasp that the Second Four Years have yet to begin; why, I can imagine - -
Post #186,944 by JayMehaffey 12/13/04 9:20:15 PM Reply	I think the first author is a bit misguided about Facism I think the author of the first piece is a bit misguided about the defining character of Facism. Chauvinistic and two tiered legal systems are a natural result of Facism, not a cause. Facist states work by manipulation of the middle and lower classes. This usually results in the oppression of some hated minority, because they are an easy target. But this is not the defining characteristic of Facism. I would define the single defining characteristic of Facism as a melding of state / military / industy into a single unit. Everything else largely flows from that. As for the warning signs of Facism, you could argue about several of the points. In fact, 2 and 7 are the only ones I would say we are currently close to Facist levels. Still, I would agree that in the past 4 years we have gone the wrong way on every one. Point 3 is actually the one I have the biggest problem with, not because it's invalid, but because I have yet too see any government that doesn't use that method on occasion. Jay

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