Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warns of fascism at forum

[TexasTowelie]

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned of fascism in the United States during an East Lansing appearance Wednesday.

She was speaking at the former Gov. Jim Blanchard Public Service Forum at Michigan State University. Albright served under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 and was the first woman to hold that role. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, by then-President Barack Obama in May 2012.

In 2018, she released a book, “Fascism: A Warning.”

“The best quote in my book is from Mussolini, which is, ‘If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time, nobody notices.’ So I thought there were a lot of feathers being plucked,” Albright said. “The part that blew my mind was that he and Hitler both came to power constitutionally.”

While she never mentioned President Donald Trump by name while discussing fascism, she implied that he exhibits fascist tendencies.

Read more: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2020/02/21/former-secretary-of-state-madeleine-albright-warns-of-fascism-at-forum/

[Hortensis]

1. Yes. This is reminding me of the World Trade Towers collapses.

Russia-Repub kicks at our electoral underpinnings are having devastating effects.

People who won't vote to protect the rights, stability and prosperity they were born to also don't understand that both fascism and political collapse, both real possibilities, would lead to serious, potentially existential problems in their own lives. We're all just beginning to realize how fragile the structure over 300 million people live their lives within is.

The "Got milk?" commercials popped to mind. An ironic echo from a world we may not be able to save? Like the towers, is it already collapsing before we see it?

[Jamastiene]

2. She is right.

You know how people always ask if we can call it fascism yet? It is long past time to call it fascism. Kids in cages should be enough to wake up anyone.

[ewagner]

3. I always thought

...that Mussolini was a more accurate model for Trump than Hitler.

but...

Fascism is Fascism...Authoritarian, corporate and corrupt.