Can a lib out there actually give me an articulate answer as to what "fascism is...?

Question

and how that equates to the Bush administration?

Kudos to the libs that understand what fascism is, now PLEASE equate that to the Bush admin. Please tell me how Bush and his "cronnies" have made the US a fascist state? What are you no longer able to do, what are you NOW being forced to do? Please tell me!

Answer 1

Haven't you figured it out yet?

Most libs just regurgitate what they hear. Doesn't mean they know what they are talking about.

Answer 2

Fascism is a form of Socialism just like Communism. It was started by Mussolini who was a Communist himself. Its a rival Socialist party set up by Mussolini in Italy. And all of these various parties Communists, Marxists, Stalinists, Leninists, Trotskiets, Nazis, etc all hate each other. And they solve their differences the Socialist way through murder.

In the beginning of WW2 Hitler and Stalin were friends and allies, they hard joint military exercises, Russian officers were trained in Germany, and they both collaborated on tank design. When Germany invaded Poland the USSR also invaded from the east.

However given the nature of Socialist Totalitarian dictatorships you know what happens next.

At the end of the war, there was a great campaign by Stalin and other Communists to pass the blame on someone else. Now we couldn't tarnish the good name of Socialism now can we? Not with another failed Socialist experiment *cough* Cambodia. So Communism blamed Fascism on its old enemy once again the west.

If you look at the Social, Economic, Administrative policies of the Nazis, you will see they are much like that of the USSR.

Answer 3

Why just ask Libs this question? Are conservatives to dumb to answer or do you believe no conservative would even think for a nano second that Bush is in fact a fascist?

See www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html

First Fascism is an extreme right wing political/economic philosophy .NO DOUBT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE NEO-CONS;an extreme right wing cabel of individuals that have and continue to drive the war mongering Bush administration.

These extreme right wingers include the Father of Neo-Conservatism, Kristol followed by Cheney,Abrams,Bolton,Perle,Wolfowitz and Libby to name a few.

So right off the top,even YOU can see how the term "fascism" applies to the Bush administration.

A key element of fascism is the celebration of the nation which transcends all other loyalties including personal moral/ethical codes,personal integrity etc.

We saw EXACTLY this sort of barberism in Italy and Germany in WW11. !!!!

Bush et al has despicably used GOD ,CHRIST ,nationalism,patriotism and the "manifest destiny" of America as a rallying cry to his vile war wongering .

Now you have another criteria met for calling Bush a fascist.

Fascism promotes racial superiority ,doctrines and imperialist expansions

While the highly hypocritical and lying Bush says otherwise Bush has spent six years demonizing Arabs/Muslims their religion their culture .

He and his military refer to the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraquis slaughtered by Bush's war as COLATERAL DAMAGE, a morally repulsive racist reference meant to de-humanize others .

While Bush et al meticulously account and record every American dead and wounded,Bush and the military didn't even think enough of Iraquis as humans to allocate personal to record at least roughly the Iraqi being slaughtered.

Now you have a third major requirement met to be able to call Bush a fascist.

I could go on but I will not for I suspect you to be one in tune with the fascist philosophy.

Answer 4

Right out of the dictionary:

1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control


A lib accusing Bush of 'fascism' would be using the second definition, with emphasis on 'tendency towards.' Bush isn't a dictator, of course, but the point the lib is trying to make is that Bush tries to take as autocratic a stance as he can get away with. ex: "I am the Decider."

Answer 5

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy (Al qaeda)
2. Create a gulag (gitmo)
3. Develop a thug caste (men in black masks seen in new orleans)
4. Set up an internal surveillance system (camera's are rolling)
5. Harass citizens' groups (FBI infiltrating peace groups)
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release (no fly list)
7. Target key individuals (anthrax sent to key officials)
8. Control the press (4 corporations own our media)
9. Dissent equals treason (dissent is patriotism)
10. Suspend the rule of law (military troops as a domestic police)

Answer 6

Fascism's approach to politics is both populist--in that it seeks to activate "the people" as a whole against perceived oppressors or enemies--and elitist--in that it treats the people's will as embodied in a select group, or often one supreme leader, from whom authority proceeds downward.

Our enemies are terrorists and the group is Christianity and the leader is Georgie.

Answer 7

Yes, it is a harkening back to the 'good old days' when 'religion' ruled the day and women knew their place. It's about corporate power running the govt, it's about glorification of the military, it's about identifying and targeting out groups, it's about eliminating freedoms, including suppressing speech.

Answer 8

Plenty of people have already done it. Just Google "bush fascism":

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm
http://www.bushwatch.com/fascism.htm

Answer 9

Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

It's all there, friend.

Answer 10

a political theory advocating an authoritarian
hierarchical government; -- opposed to {democracy} and
{liberalism}.

Bush is just too elitist, too absorbed to be granted qualities we associate with leadership