(11-16-2016, 06:35 PM)FireIceTalon Wrote: ... And now, you officially have fascism in America.I think we've had Fascism in the US for along time. According to "As We Go Marching" by John T. Flynn
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- The government is totalitarian because it acknowledges no restraint on its powers (e.g. Gitmo, Patriot Act, or FISA courts). This begins back before even Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942). Not to mention the growing surveillance state.
- Government is a "de facto" dictatorship based on the leadership principle (i.e. unchecked executive branch power, e.g. Executive Orders -- you'll like this one -- it's essentially a declaration of Fascism).
- Government administers a capitalist system with an immense bureaucracy.
- Producers are organized into cartels in the way of [national] syndicalism (e.g. oil, pharma, defense, banking -- "Corporatocracy")
- Economic planning is based on the principle of autarky (e.g. Oil wars, "national interest").
- Government sustains economic life through spending and borrowing.
- Militarism is a mainstay of government spending.
- Military spending has imperialist aims.
Although, there are many takes on the hallmarks of Fascism...
Probably the best proof so far that we live in a Fascist system, the Micheal Froman (CitiBank) email to John Podesta on the composition of Obama's cabinet. The exact composition of the Obama administration was determined (by the banker who got the biggest bailout) two months before the election.
Candidates for Obama's Inner Circle | MICHAEL FROMAN
The Most Important WikiLeaks Revelation Isn’t About Hillary Clinton
(11-16-2016, 08:32 PM)eppie Wrote: Please read previous comments. You are right if every voter makes a conscious well educated decision when voting. Now you know just as well as I do that this is not the case.However, it would be worse to remove the vote from any not deemed worthy. At least with "one person, one vote" there is the hope you can shine truth through the fog of election propaganda.