medicineman
New Member
If you believe fascism doesn't exist in the United States, think about informing your
boss you have persuaded a group of people at your firm into joining or starting a
"Union."
~~~
We do not fear remote and unlikely challenges; we fear immediate and real threats.
We fear the term fascism because it exists very close to the surface of America's skin. We
are wise to be afraid. We are unwise to ignore the subject.
Corporatism, or corporate fascism, is the American form of this disease. It has thrived here
unchallenged for several decades. And it has rewritten our language of social discourse at
the same time it has taken half the wealth of this nation and concentrated it in the hands of a
few.
~~~
Becoming a Democracy is no panacea for the potential ills of self governance. Tyranny of
the majority can come in many forms, and one of them is corporate fascism.
Among the most dangerous states in modern history were two Democracies, Italy and
Germany. Both chose, by democratic means, the leaders of their respective political parties
and nations -- and then terrorized the world. Both nations, civilized and Christian and
modern, lost their way.
History teaches us that in times of perceived crisis, even citizens of good will can choose
badly, and then be unable to turn back.
The warning signs around us are clear and abundant -- a rising nationalism that approaches
jingoism; an open and aggressive anti-liberal sentiment that labels dissent un-American and
castigates moderates as traitors; a disregard for international opinion and even international
law; misuse of the military in poorly-justified (and potentially unending) wars; a desire to
change the Constitution and other instruments of governance in order to disenfranchise
various left-wing (not right-wing) minorities; and the use of symbols like "freedom" and
"democracy building" to justify misinformation, war, and the actual trammeling of freedom and
civil rights (the very foundations of democracies).
As a nation, we are on dangerous ground.
boss you have persuaded a group of people at your firm into joining or starting a
"Union."
~~~
We do not fear remote and unlikely challenges; we fear immediate and real threats.
We fear the term fascism because it exists very close to the surface of America's skin. We
are wise to be afraid. We are unwise to ignore the subject.
Corporatism, or corporate fascism, is the American form of this disease. It has thrived here
unchallenged for several decades. And it has rewritten our language of social discourse at
the same time it has taken half the wealth of this nation and concentrated it in the hands of a
few.
~~~
Becoming a Democracy is no panacea for the potential ills of self governance. Tyranny of
the majority can come in many forms, and one of them is corporate fascism.
Among the most dangerous states in modern history were two Democracies, Italy and
Germany. Both chose, by democratic means, the leaders of their respective political parties
and nations -- and then terrorized the world. Both nations, civilized and Christian and
modern, lost their way.
History teaches us that in times of perceived crisis, even citizens of good will can choose
badly, and then be unable to turn back.
The warning signs around us are clear and abundant -- a rising nationalism that approaches
jingoism; an open and aggressive anti-liberal sentiment that labels dissent un-American and
castigates moderates as traitors; a disregard for international opinion and even international
law; misuse of the military in poorly-justified (and potentially unending) wars; a desire to
change the Constitution and other instruments of governance in order to disenfranchise
various left-wing (not right-wing) minorities; and the use of symbols like "freedom" and
"democracy building" to justify misinformation, war, and the actual trammeling of freedom and
civil rights (the very foundations of democracies).
As a nation, we are on dangerous ground.
... Good one, Miss. 
