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Sun 24 Oct, 2004 12:30 pm
Thoughts?
IF Bush is the "compassionate conservative" that he claims to be and the man of God he also claims to be, why doesn't his leadership echo this?
I'd say he and his regime are less "compassionate conservatives" and more FASCISTS!
Just wanted to toss this out there and see what all of you thought.
~PKB
Please define "fascist."
Thanks,
General Tsao
This may surprise most educated people. One of the more common government strategies today, especially in developing regions is fascism. Fascism is commonly confused with Nazism. Nazism is a political party platform that embraces a combination of a military dictatorship, socialism and fascism. It is not a government structure. Fascism is a government structure. The most notable characteristic of a fascist country is the separation and persecution or denial of equality to a specific segment of the population based upon superficial qualities or belief systems.
Simply stated, a fascist government always has one class of citizens that is considered superior (good) to another (bad) based upon race, creed or origin. It is possible to be both a republic and a fascist state. The preferred class lives in a republic while the oppressed class lives in a fascist state.
More than a class system, fascism specifically targets, dehumanizes and aims to destroy those it deems undesirable.
Until the Civil Rights act of 1964, many parts of the US were Republic for whites and could be considered fascist for non-Caucasian residents. Fascism promotes legal segregation in housing, national resource allocation and employment. It provides legal justification for persecuting a specific segment of the population and operates behind a two tiered legal system. These two tiers can be overt as it was within Nazi Germany where Jews, Homosexuals, Catholics, Communists, Clergy and the handicap were held to one set of rules and courts, while the rest of Germany enjoyed different laws.
Or it can be implied and held up by consensual conspiracy, (people know it is wrong but do nothing to stop it or change it. Through lack of action, they give consent), as it was in the deep South for African Americans and others of color. In Fascism, one segment of society is always considered less desirable, sub-human or second class
Yes, it worries me a great deal. Last week I linked both to Umberto Eco's essay on Fascism and to Dr. Laurence Britt's. Neither should be ignored but, as with most fascist states... the populace reaches a critical level where they quit reading the truth with comprehension.
Very scary.