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Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
26. 1963.
Sun May 3, 2015, 05:25 PM
May 2015

Unless you maybe wanna argue for 1948 and the Dulles boys with their unholy alliance between the CIA & Wall St.

I know what FDR called it - Fascism leveymg May 2015 #1
+1 to infinity n/t gelsdorf May 2015 #2
That term was certainly my candidate. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #18
That is exactly correct. eom JEB May 2015 #25
why is our response to fascism so muted? nashville_brook May 2015 #73
Because I live out in the country Jackpine Radical May 2015 #76
hee hee :) nashville_brook May 2015 #83
i hope more people are starting to understand what's really going on. nashville_brook May 2015 #44
Excellent OP. Thanks, esp. for including quotes and FDR who well knew the ruthlessness of appalachiablue May 2015 #78
I call it a corporate fascist coup. ananda May 2015 #3
you know winetourdriver May 2015 #7
know your BFEE volstork May 2015 #15
+1 calling Octafish! nashville_brook May 2015 #67
And centrists are helping them. cui bono May 2015 #4
yes they are. not all intentionally -- many are just ill-informed, or don't grasp the entirety of the problem. nashville_brook May 2015 #16
Yes, but the ones in power implementing moderate Republican policies know. cui bono May 2015 #22
Helping corporate fascism has become what "centrist" means. n/t DirkGently May 2015 #79
Good post. PatrickforO May 2015 #5
there's so much urgency in these messages. we have to wake up. nashville_brook May 2015 #13
So true about the short-term focus of modern capitalism. hifiguy May 2015 #24
Thanks! I did not know it was Lenin who said that about the rope. PatrickforO May 2015 #39
Fascism for a thousand, Alex! Octafish May 2015 #6
i think it's important, for myself, to cop to the fact that I actually "supported" globalism nashville_brook May 2015 #11
Globalism is only a means for the greedy assholes to take maximum advantage of us. Enthusiast May 2015 #57
you'd think the "black helicopter" people would be up in arms about this nashville_brook May 2015 #66
I guess their only source of information is Alex Jones. Enthusiast May 2015 #81
apparently! nashville_brook May 2015 #85
Vote for Bernie Sanders. I don't see any other way of fixing it. Autumn May 2015 #8
Voting for Bernie appears to be the only possible solution. Enthusiast May 2015 #59
this is why we've seen such an explosion of Bernie support here nashville_brook May 2015 #70
Interesting. kentuck May 2015 #9
Jefferson understood the problem, moondust May 2015 #10
indeed. i feel like Eisenhower gave the last great warning, when it was too late... nashville_brook May 2015 #12
Lately I've wondered moondust May 2015 #17
halliburton, brown bros, KBR...they all learned how profitable unending war can be nashville_brook May 2015 #74
One of my favorite Jefferson quotations! hifiguy May 2015 #23
I LIKE that. DirkGently May 2015 #49
+1! They just didn't have a name for it then. It existed nonetheless. Enthusiast May 2015 #58
Thank you.. good article mountain grammy May 2015 #14
it's scary what flies under the radar in state and local politics! nashville_brook May 2015 #65
corporate coup d'etat? heaven05 May 2015 #19
1963. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #26
Well if you had to put a date on it I would say 1963. zeemike May 2015 #34
i totally agree. there's been an accrual of power that's been exercised in shocking ways. nashville_brook May 2015 #42
To answer the question: it's called a plutocracy. Exilednight May 2015 #20
or kleptocracy. i try to avoid those words b/c as academic language they tend to hide nashville_brook May 2015 #28
Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini called it fascism hifiguy May 2015 #21
you know what's funny about that Mussolini quote... nashville_brook May 2015 #30
It's attributed to Mussolini but it was actually written by Gentile hifiguy May 2015 #35
OH! in the manifesto! that makes total sense! nashville_brook May 2015 #37
Well that bears repeating a few million times. DirkGently May 2015 #52
fascism . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #27
Finally After Many Decades, Since Bretton Woods in 1947... mckara May 2015 #29
The US of ADD. nashville_brook May 2015 #32
+1 mckara May 2015 #36
The Cost of Doing Business Demeter May 2015 #31
i HEAR ya! you know who put me on to this is Alan Grayson. nashville_brook May 2015 #33
That video is FANTASTIC. Simple, but true. DirkGently May 2015 #51
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast May 2015 #60
It is kleptocracy. kairos12 May 2015 #38
Ooh! Ooh! I know this one! "Here." n/t Bossy Monkey May 2015 #40
Business as usual - TBF May 2015 #41
Evil is truly banal. it IS business as usual for many people...i bet most of which don't have a clue nashville_brook May 2015 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author TRoN33 May 2015 #45
Holy shit. "TPP gives corporate lawyers the ability to preempt “non-tariff barriers” to trade" GoneFishin May 2015 #46
and the weirdest thing is that Alan Grayson has been sounding this alarm since at least 2013 nashville_brook May 2015 #48
From your link : "Canada has ... been sued for ... taxing windfall profits by oil companies." GoneFishin May 2015 #54
that is the fear, at least -- and it seems to be the case. we need to see the whole document. nashville_brook May 2015 #71
+++ Fascism creeps in on little loafered Banker feet DirkGently May 2015 #47
here's a piece by Ezra Klein in VOX that I believe makes the case for getting real about fascism nashville_brook May 2015 #50
Call it the Robin Hood reversal sadoldgirl May 2015 #53
i believe that we already have that with private prisons nashville_brook May 2015 #68
That's another reason the right calls Obama a nazi and fascist. Because it is actually true that GoneFishin May 2015 #55
but, it's an argument we don't use... nashville_brook May 2015 #64
You are correct. There are many who call themselves Dems who are sympathetic to rightwing economic GoneFishin May 2015 #69
it's much more efficient to achieve their ends thru secret trade agreement nashville_brook May 2015 #72
Plutocracy would be the right term. bobjacksonk2832 May 2015 #56
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2015 #61
"The 1920's and early 30's." FDR and Truman knew it. The ITO was to keep it from returning. pampango May 2015 #62
it's completely unsustainable, what we have now. nashville_brook May 2015 #75
What we do need is a trade agreement(s) or organization, like the ITO, that would be focused on pampango May 2015 #80
loves me some FDR NuttyFluffers May 2015 #63
Business as usual for most politicians. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #77
+1 nashville_brook May 2015 #82
Plutocracy. It is what those three asshole charlitans wanted in your picture and they got it. Rex May 2015 #84
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