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In reply to the discussion: The Rise of a ‘Democratic’ Fascism (John Pilger) [View all]Yorktown
(2,884 posts)Let's be clear: Fascism is an authoritarian regime which uses force against its internal opponents and uses war for land gain.
In the US, I see a functioning Democracy which hasn't invaded Canada or Mexico.
Internally, I do not see political prisoners, political oppression. There are problems due to the influence of money, but it doesn't make it a dictatorship.
Externally, the Bush wars were remarkably stupid (I wrote so many times), but they were wars. In wars, civilians die, and they are innocent. But that doesn't make the country waging war a fascist state. Even when the war was remarkably stupid.
If we used a scale to rank countries from very fascist to not fascist,
Least fascist = Scandinavian countries
-> followed by most western democracies, US included.
Most fascist = Communist/ex-Communist countries (North Korea, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Cuba) and muslim Islamic/strongman countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, Syria,..)
-> followed by Russia and China.
It's rather well sketched on the 'Democracy Index' of 'The Economist' below.
To even suggest the US is as fascist as Russia is a travesty of reality.