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Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:51:50 -0800 (PST)

Fascism, it's like so " in " now

 

 

 

 

This is downright chilling...

 

Cathy

 

 

http://idaho-observer.com/

 

From the November 2005 Idaho Observer:

Fascism, it's like so " in " now

 

The October edition of Harper's magazine features an article by Lewis

H. Lapham entitled, " We Now Live in a Fascist State. " His main point

is that, though Americans are too ignorant of history to recognize

their current form of government as " fascist, " (a " democracy " is the

preferred description), it is fascist and Americans are, themselves,

fascists. Their fascist fascination is purely trendy and situational,

like in the 1920s when it was " fashionable " to call oneself a

socialist without understanding the deeper political implications of

the term.

 

The article begins with a rather prescient quote from " New Deal " FDR,

dated Nov. 4, 1938: " But I venture the challenging statement that if

American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking

day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens,

then Fascism and Communism, aided, unconsciously perhaps, by old-line

Tory Republicanism, will grow in strength in our land. "

 

And here we are. But the question, Lapham observes, is not whether or

not we are a fascist (or communist/socialist/democratic or republican)

state, but, " Can we make America the best damned fascist [or whatever]

state the world has ever seen, an authoritarian paradise deserving the

admiration of the international capital markets, worthy of `a decent

respect to the opinions of mankind?' "

 

Throw in the spoiled-child thinking that guides modern American

thoughts and actions and you have, by any other name, a brand of

popularly accepted and approved fascism, the likes of which the world

has never seen. " We're Americans; we have the money and the know-how

to succeed where Hitler failed, and history has favored us with

advantages not given to the early pioneers of [fascism], " Lapham

explained.

 

Though we could refer to " our " fascism as some type of " hyper

fascism, " a few fascist traditions have been sewn into the fascist

American fabric: " The truth is revealed once and only once;

parliamentary democracy is by definition rotten because it doesn't

represent the voice of the people, which is that of the sublime

leader; doctrine out points reason, and science is always suspect;

critical thought is the province of degenerate intellectuals who

betray the culture and subvert traditional values; the national

identity is provided by the nation's enemies; argument is tantamount

to treason. "

 

Perpetually at war, the state must govern with the instruments of

fear. Citizens do not act; they play the supporting role of " the

people " in the grand opera that is the state.

 

Lapham observes that American fascism, the merger of state and

corporate interests on an economically and militarily global scale,

does not require book burning, overt persecution of the " bourgeoisie " ,

or state control of broadcast and print media because the roar of

self-serving, mindless American consumers drowns the isolated voices

of dissent that pop up here and there.

 

That America is now a fascist state is only bothersome to a few,

isolated thinkers scattered throughout the great American wilderness;

to the rest, officially-sanctioned torture, assassination, mass murder

and criminal activity is permissible so long as their pleasure buttons

keep getting pushed.

14 Signs of Fascism: http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

 

 

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