Is Government becoming Fascist?

Question

http://youtube.com/watch?v=urBeQv6Ov3U

Answer 1

You're asking the wrong crowd. These people wouldn't know liberty if it smacked them upside the head and couldn't possibly imagine a "United States" without a "government" (or even with a much smaller government, which is what the Constitution was written to guarantee). Have you heard of the Free State Project? If you haven't, here's the URL to check it out: http://www.freestateproject.org

Answer 2

Take a look at the word facism -

1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
2. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government. Oppressive, dictatorial control.

The strict definition doesn't seem to fit. However, thinking abut the characteristics of facism:

"Many different characteristics are attributed to fascism by different scholars, but the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, corporatism, collectivism, anti-liberalism, and anti-communism. There are numerous debates between scholars regarding the nature of fascism, and the kinds of political movements and governments that may be called fascist."

The US is probably 50/50 - but then, what power base isn't when under threat?

Answer 3

You should educate yourself before sounding so ignorant in the future. You tube is your source of info?
Do you have any clue what a fascist gov't is? Obviously no, otherwise you wouldn't make such a brainless statement.
You really need to stop reading all the nonesense on far left blogs and web sites. Just because someone puts something on a blog and you read it, doesn't make it remotely true. Being ignorant is no way to go through life.

Answer 4

You should take some time to read up on Italy and Germany in the 1930's and 1940's. Then you'd know.

Why is it that when someone doesn't want to debate politics in a meaningful way, they simply call the other side "Nazi" (or its homonym, "fascist")?

Finally, this is almost spam for a YouTube posting. If I though that the questioner was in someway related to the people who posted it, I'd flag it for spam. Spammers, after all, are Nazis....

Answer 5

we are not fullyyt fascist yet, yet do not problem -- it will get there quicker or later. i ought to fullyyt ought to agree consisting of your placement of the problem, regardless of if i do not imagine it replaced into in simple terms 2 issues that FDR did. It replaced into in reality each thing. the country replaced into slowly shifting down that direction even earlier FDR -- undergo in ideas the Sherman Antitrust Act? there have been a collection of alternative such issues as that between the right of the Civil conflict and FDR; for this reason, comforting because it truly is accountable all of it on one individual, it would not seem fairly precise.

Answer 6

No the opposite - socialism. Big government. It may feel like Fascism if you're standing on the far left. ANYTHING from there would look like Fascism. No, our culture and mentality here in America - especially those in the big cities and college graduates - most have embraced a far leftist thinking which makes even the middle look like fascism to them.

Answer 7

We may now that the Democrats control Congress.
We will be losing freedoms and moving toward a Socialist/Communist nation.

Answer 8

That has been the general thrust of the Bush Administration, but the process has been halted. It is up to the American people not to go back to old mistakes. Keep the "Republicans" OUT!

Answer 9

Authoritarian would be a better word for what I think you mean. Another that describes Labour is (overly) prescriptive.

Answer 10

What Government?? And it's not the USA!!
Must be Iran , Syria or North Korea, except they already are a communist government!!!