Neo-Fascism and Paleo-Tyranny

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Neo-Fascism and Paleo-Tyranny

 

 

 

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Neo-Fascism and Paleo-Tyranny

By Jack D. Douglas

jddougla

12/27/05 "

 

 

 

- Neo-fascist regimes, defined as corporate-statist regimes with

pseudo-democratic faces, face the difficult task of building their

vast (so called " totalitarian " in popular usage)

 

Party powers in secret in their early years in power.

This was true even in Italy and Germany where civil liberties

and democracy had only weak roots when the fascist regimes took power.

It is far more true in the democratic nations, especially in the U.S.,

the cradle of modern democracy among major nations

(following in part in Swiss footsteps).

 

The Italian and German fascists created non-state armies,

the black and brown shirts, and moved quietly below the public radar

to get control of the media and courts and police

by purchase, infiltration, and intimidation.

 

The American Neo-Fascist Party, the Republicrats with their two

factions, have done the same things, but have relied far more on

corporate, legal purchases of the media and on infiltration than on

direct intimidation, which always involves the danger of exposure

which could be fatal as long as the people still oppose Party control

of their lives.

(The U.S. factions of the Party have at times used vast character

assassination attacks by telephone, etc., and have used all kinds of

less " formal " intimidation and " tricks " that cannot be traced back to

a Party source.)

 

The crucial task of the Party in its early years is to build

legitimacy by deceiving the people. They do this mostly by using three

devices.

 

First, they frighten the people, or make use of real sources of fright,

by creating foreign and domestic threats

– the capitalist dogs,- the Jews,- the Versailles Slave Treaty,

- the commies are everywhere,- The Terrorists want to destroy America,

etc.

Two, they use attacks on weak foreign " enemies "

and weak domestic enemiesto " prove " the Party can

SAVE the people from the foreign and domestic threats.

 

This leads to an explosion not only of relief for salvation,

but also soaring nationalistic pride associated with the Party,

which is crucial in building legitimacy for the Party.

 

Three, the Party uses its growing control of the Media,

both direct and indirect, and its control of growing secret police

armies (Gestapo, SS, FBI, CIA, IRS, etc.)

to deceive the people about what is happening – to transform

foreign allies like Iraq into " ENEMIES that threaten our very existence!, "

to cover-up the growth of the secret tyrannical armies of police,

to cover-up vast Party blunders and corruptions of all forms, etc.

By these means the Party secretly builds the legitimacy

of the secret tyrannies it has been building.

 

Once it has widespread support among the less informed

(more misinformed by the Party Media), less intelligent,

and more paid-off (by Party contracts, etc.),

the Party tries to carefully choose a TURNING POINT,

a point at which it can bring its vast, secret tyrannical powers

into the open and have them accepted and legitimized by the people.

 

For the Nazis this turning point came after the dramatic burning

of the Reichstag (the erstwhile parliament building).

It was probably set by the Nazis, though we can only guesstimate this

from how they operated in general, since they covered their tracks well

and blamed it on their domestic enemies.

The public sense of threat and outrage led to a great surge in Party

support,

as any politician knows will happen in such circumstances,

and this led after months of build up and maneuvering politically

to the Enabling Act which gave Hitler and the Nazis legitimacy

for the secret tyrannical powers they had been building.

 

The U.S. has followed this same basic scenario almost step by step.

The attacks on the U.S. of 9/11 led to the vast expansion of secret police

powers both by public legislation and by vast secret usurpations.

The Party has moved in every way possible to get more control

over the Media to silence opposition, to hide its secret activities,

to cover its tracks, and so on.

They have Manufactured

" ENEMIES WHO THREATEN OUR VERY EXISTENCE "

(Muslims, not Jews, Iraq, not Poland) who can be easily defeated

to build a sense of nationalistic pride, and on and on.

 

The U.S. Party made a fatal mistake in forgetting a crucial lesson of

modern warfare – guerilla warfare is very effective even against

Superpowers.

If Bush et al. had won their war against the " ENEMIES " of Iraq,

they would have been seen as heroes by most ignorant Americans

and would by now be passing legislation to legitimize all of their

vast expansions of the tyrannical powers of their secret police.

 

As it is, they have been losing legitimacy and some of the Media

are no longer as intimidated as they were. The Media have begun

to slowly reveal the perfectly obvious fact of their vast expansion

of secret police tyrannies – spying massively on Americans,

torture chambers, kidnappings, murders, and vast war crimes of all kinds.

 

This has apparently forced the Bush Junta to " put up or shut up. "

They feel that they must " go for broke. " If they back down now,

the Media will reveal more and more of the awful truths about what

they have been doing, their immense corruptions of every form will be

exposed,

their stupid mistakes will be exposed, and they will be in danger

of facing War Crimes Tribunals or simple court actions for their

vast kidnappings and torturing of people around the world.

They feel they must play out their hand however weak it is.

So they are forcing the issue: they are admitting their secret tyrannies

and showing nationalistic pride in them and insisting that

they are necessary for the Party to SAVE us from THE EVIL ONES.

 

This is a very dangerous period, a turning point one way or the other.

Bush et al. may now try to use far more secret police powers

to intimidate people or to openly seize far more power, presumably

under the pretense that it is necessary and legitimized by the state

of national emergency that never ends. My guess is that most

of the American people will not wake up to the obvious threat.

 

They will see this as just " politics " and think Cassandras like me are

RANTING as usual. But the military and secret police are split.

Many secretly vehemently oppose

the Party seizures of power that have been going on.

(This is almost an exact parallel to the split in Germany

where the military General Staff remained generally opposed to Hitler

and almost killed him and the head of the Abwehr,

comparable to the FBI, was stridently anti-Hitler.)

In such a situation the emerging events will have great effects on the

outcomes. And, of course, looming over it all is the vast financial BUBBLE

the Party has built globally to advance their powers,

a BUBBLE that can crash at any time.

 

At this point, we cannot say for sure which way the U.S. will go.

But my guesstimate is that the

vastly powerful Neo-Fascist Party state will continue to grow,

with fits and starts, retreats and advances, ups and downs,

as it has done for a century, regardless of the fate of Gush et al.

 

And whenever the Party BUBBLE finally implodes,

as I strongly expect it will at some point, the resulting mass dread,

suffering and chaos will be an ideal situation for the

Party to seize vast New Powers and have them

Legitimized by a people really facing mass starvation.

..

I am, however, optimistic about the very long run.

Having tried in some form almost every one of the totally bizarre,

absurd and disastrous programs of modern totalitarianism,

Americans will eventually realize that " FREEDOM WORKS "

and retreat to some form of vastly reduced government power.

The Nightmare Years of total corruption of everything by the Party

will end and Americans will fall back on the simple and

decent foundations of human nature to put their lives back together.

The Utopian Plans of the Party will leave only a ghastly hangover.

 

December 27, 2005

Jack D. Douglas [send him mail] is a retired professor of sociology

from the University of California at San Diego. He has published

widely on all major aspects of human beings, most notably

The Myth of the Welfare State.

2005 © LewRockwell.com

 

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Mr. Douglas seems so easily reconciled to the " very long run, " which is

presumably about 75 years, 100 years, or more, for people to get their

government back and return to a more democratic and humanitarian situation.

What do we do in the meantime?

 

I'm too old to see this come about in a generation, by which time I'll near

certainly have been put to rest. But the children I see around me would be able

to benefit from these wonderful changes forseen by Douglas. I can't believe

that these kids must grow old under the tyranny and madness I've had to see. In

fact I don't think they have to.

 

Mr. Douglas adds his name to numerous others that have sought to warn us of the

indispensible, the central responsibility of media in propagandizing and

promoting fascism, and all other forms of dictatorship. Why do we stand by like

helpless fools and allow this to happen? What prevents us from organizing a

vast human movement, and bringing this force to bear on media; demanding

fairness and balance. Why do we tolerate this media corruption?

 

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Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:19:25 -0800 (PST)

 

Neo-Fascism and Paleo-Tyranny

By Jack D. Douglas

jddougla

12/27/05 "

(excerpted from the Douglas article)

- Neo-fascist regimes, defined as corporate-statist regimes with

pseudo-democratic faces, face the difficult task of building their

vast (so called " totalitarian " in popular usage)

 

It is far more true in the democratic nations, especially in the U.S.,

the cradle of modern democracy among major nations

 

The Italian and German fascists created non-state armies,

the black and brown shirts, and moved quietly below the public radar

to get control of the media.....

 

The American Neo-Fascist Party, the Republicrats with their two

factions, have done the same things, but have relied far more on

corporate, legal purchases of the media.....

 

First, they frighten the people.....

Two, they use attacks on weak foreign " enemies..... "

Three, the Party uses its growing control of the Media,

both direct and indirect,.....to deceive the people about what is happening

Once it has widespread support among the less informed

(more misinformed by the Party Media),.....

The U.S. has followed this same basic scenario almost step by step.

The attacks on the U.S. of 9/11 led to the vast expansion of secret police

powers both by public legislation and by vast secret usurpations.

The Party has moved in every way possible to get more control

over the Media to silence opposition, to hide its secret activities,

to cover its tracks, and so on.

They have Manufactured

" ENEMIES WHO THREATEN OUR VERY EXISTENCE "

(Muslims, not Jews, Iraq, not Poland) who can be easily defeated

to build a sense of nationalistic pride, and on and on.