Rising fascism in the US

and yet there's almost no difference between a lunatic and a whackjob, so you've got that going for you

I was a proper John Irving freak in my early 30s. Read and re-read more than a few of his crazy, quirky novels.

Simon Birch was a decent movie. Based loosely on A Prayer for Owen Meany.

And that's the attitude of the nosy outsider making their determination.

"Fascism" is in decline actually due to globalization and internet...
The reaction of Neo-Nationalism is nothing but a sort of last breath of resistance by those who are about to get Darwinianly awarded by the new order of things.

"Fascism" is in decline actually due to globalization and internet...
The reaction of Neo-Nationalism is nothing but a sort of last breath of resistance by those who are about to get Darwinianly awarded by the new order of things.

Evidence?
People more and more debate the details the minutia to make themselves valid in contributing to conceptual richness and diversity where before they couldn't vaguely grasp and digest cultural distinctions between nations...

There was never so much agreement worldwide as we have now.
Dictatorships immediately trigger a worldwide real-time reaction that controls any serious attempt to deviate from Global status quo.

This is in fact so true that formal politics has been rendered obsolete as a true pillar of power. It's media, fake news, and opinion now.

For better and for worse we now have actual peoples Democracy in power...
The market majority behaviour dictates the economics and in consequence the politic.

...our all life's are now ruled by the magic famous 66% number of idiots spamming opinions on the web and with their consumerism habits. The Industry doesn't act (don't blame them) it reacts to facts...

even in the US?

Hmmm... Tools (such as the Internet) are usually value-neutral. They can be used for both positive and negative ends. You can build a house with a hammer, but you can also kill someone with it. The Internet is not making fascism impossible or democracy necessary. It all depends on who controls this new means of communication. Ask the Chinese how it's done.

New communication media have been harnessed by totalitarian regimes before. See the Nazis' use of radio. For the first time, the leader could speak directly to the masses through a media totally controlled by the state, without going through the established printed media (newspapers). Hitler made much use of it.

In a similar fashion, Trump speaks directly to his audience through Twitter. He doesn't need established media anymore, because he can use new ones: tweets, and an army of websites, bloggers and the likes relaying his message. So he controls the narrative, at least the one his devoted followers receive.

circle the wagons circle the wagons quick quick circle the wagons

Fascism is alive and well, has been for well over a century. The title of this thread could more accurately be written as Re-rising fascism in the US.

I read a much better article on this topic this morning, but scrambling to find it. Meanwhile, this article is not too bad.

Legitimate feminists who decry the insane anti-man climate on college campuses are now speaking out against crazy politically correct Inquisition process some professors are subjected to when a "survivor" of "abuse" makes an unsubstantiated accusation.

https://www.google.com/amp/reason.com/blog/2016/04/18/title-ix-the-federal-law-that-started-a/amp

For those interested in the mammoth carnivorous political correctness on campuses, and the honest liberals who are calling it what it is (despite fears of aligning their speech viewpoint with Milo Yiannopoulos-types), this chick is a strong voice who speaks from personal and professional experience.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/05/29/northwestern-university-professor-laura-kipnis-details-title-ix-investigation-over-essay/

Laura Kipnis.

Our CIA appears to be threatening Wikileaks. Whistle blowers and honesty under attack by those in power who have something to hide. Which side are you on?

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/19/assange-strikes-back-at-cia-and-talks-trump-russia-and-hillary-clinton/

I'm on the side of the CIA on this one.

Yay America!

I can't understand why anyone would prefer for powerful government entities to be able to lie to them and create dangerous situations for them and get away with it. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Would you please describe in detail what you mean by "I'm on the side of the CIA" Maybe you can convince others with your reasoning of why.

I support the CIA (American intelligence) over Wikileaks (Russian propaganda).

Why?
Because I'm American.

You sell easily.

Wikileaks is not Russian propaganda.

And you follow RT, which tells me you're not the best judge of what's Russian propaganda.

(I'm not saying I never agree with you. You're on the side of free speech, as am I. For example, Laura Kipnis looks to be worth reading.)

I haven't read an RT article in over a month. Fist-bumping for free speech. 👊🏼