Re:The town is no longer friendly for business
by wavephorm on Sunday February 19, 2012 @01:15PM
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I didn't say Nazi. I said fascist. If I mean the "United States is converting toward a right-wing authoritarian regime", then fascism is the correct word for this. Arguing the semantics of this word, or saying I shouldn't use that word because of its associations, really does not make my opinion less valid, and doesn't make any argument to the contrary.
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Re:The town is no longer friendly for business
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday February 19, 2012 @03:47PM
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Fascism is characterised by promoting the state over individual interests, the forcible suppression of the opposition, all generally accompanied by a suspension of the rule of law. Some of this is happening here, but it's a long way down the slippery slope.
Calling the US fascist as hyperbole for emotional impact is fine. But it sounds like a lot of people believe the US is actually fascist. My grandparents fled across the Austro-Swiss border from a fascist regime. The US isn't fascist.
Re:The town is no longer friendly for business
by wavephorm on Sunday February 19, 2012 @08:24PM
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You're arguing a point I never made. I said the United States is "converting toward" fascism. I really think that the majority of Americans have no idea what fascism really is, because they're so engrossed inside a propaganda machine that makes the current political situation seem completely normal.
I think articles like this really need to be read by Americans more often:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/04/20114261271...