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Nye Bevan

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18. Are you planning to cast a vote in November?

Reply to edhopper (Reply #14)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 09:41 PM

Sep 2014

And did all of the rich folks get together and decide they wanted Obama to beat Mitt Romney, because they wanted higher taxes?

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Fascism in America is precisely the wrong thing to worry about. [View all] Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 OP

Well see that's where you're wrong already. America....... socialist_n_TN Sep 2014 #1

Well Put, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #5

In Illinois, the neo-aristocracy is well established. AngryAmish Sep 2014 #36

Follow the analogy further.... correaman13 Sep 2014 #2

I disagree with you atreides1 Sep 2014 #3

Fascism and feudalism can erupt in America today. Remember when the protests in Ferguson, Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #4

I notice you fastidiously avoided the term "Oligarchy", which is what USA has become IMHO 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #6

Check it out: Empire - The Rise of the Oligarchs 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #11

"or found an empire." marmar Sep 2014 #7

Inoculations can wear off over time. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #8

Mussolini, the founder of fascism hifiguy Sep 2014 #9

+1000 RagAss Sep 2014 #12

A-yup! joeybee12 Sep 2014 #23

how soft is a fascism that has the largest prison population in the world librechik Sep 2014 #32

It's "soft" in the sense hifiguy Sep 2014 #33

interesting.Thx for the info, hifiguy! librechik Sep 2014 #34

FFS ...so The most important lessons are the ones we'll get sometime in the future? Ok. L0oniX Sep 2014 #10

Wee MFrohike Sep 2014 #13

Good post. nt woo me with science Sep 2014 #15

So a country in which edhopper Sep 2014 #14

Are you planning to cast a vote in November? Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #18

Princeton study edhopper Sep 2014 #19

We don't yet have a word for it. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #20

okay edhopper Sep 2014 #21

I'm saying you're less fucked up than most of the rest of the world, but not perfect. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #22

We are more fucked up edhopper Sep 2014 #24

In that specific respect, than that minority of countries, yes you are. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #25

I compare us the countries edhopper Sep 2014 #26

I think you have cause and effect at least partly backwards there. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #29

I agree with that edhopper Sep 2014 #35

when a nation declares that corporations are people, all bets are off. spanone Sep 2014 #16

Santanyana GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #17

Well, we're already running an empire... Scootaloo Sep 2014 #27

I'm afraid I don't think you're using most of those words to mean what they actually mean. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #30

CIA's Worst-Kept Secret Octafish Sep 2014 #28

I tend to look at American fascism as evolved. gordianot Sep 2014 #31