“When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” Is this true?

Question

Quote by Sinclair Lewis

Who wants to chip in to help words with the birds buy a dictionary. Fascism is "a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government". You are thinking of a theocracy.

Answer 1

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -- James Madison

'When the government fears the people it is a democracy....when the people fear their government it is tyranny...' --- Thomas Jefferson

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin


The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.– Thomas Jefferson


The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison


The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. – Herman Goering


I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin


Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. – Voltaire


The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. – William Ellery Channing


"if there be one principle more deeply written than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest." -- Thomas Jefferson


Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. – Sen. Robert Taft, (R) Ohio


Fascism will come wrapped in a flag and carrying a Bible. ~ Sinclair Lewis 1935


"patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels." - Samuel Johnson


"If the American people ever allow the banks to control issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers occupied." -Thomas Jefferson


"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists." -J. Edgar Hoover, former head of the FBI



BEWARE THE LEADER WHO BANGS THE DRUMS of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know ? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."

-- Anonymous

Answer 2

As Fascism is basically the advocacy of unlimited power, it may come in any form. It has in the past, however, worked hand-in-hand with such elements as the church and nationalist state, and very well may do so in America. As of yet, the political ground does not appear to be on the verge of Fascism, but appearances may be deceptive. If there happens to be a crisis in confidence, a further shift to the right could be the result, and America is rather to the right in many areas as it is. Fascism is a frightening possibility.

Answer 3

You call this current government Fascism?

Everyone in America always seems to have an almost knee-jerk reaction to brand their opponents either as a Communist or a Fascist. It's really sad since:

1.) It really shows how little conception the current population has of living in such a state of affairs.

2.) It shows that the American public cannot move beyond a certain paradigm of thinking.

....and i thought this country was on the cutting edge....

Answer 4

I have to agree. Though I think they'll also be wearing pins that say "I'm a Republican" as well. Personal experience, I've had more than a few Conservative Christians tell me that if one is not a Republican they are not a "True Christian". And it falls right in line with Lewis' quote.

Wiseacre - many of the founding fathers were Freemasons... they didn't profess Christianity as part of their Political pursuits. And I hope you realize that there is a Christian Communist Movement... which proves that Communism really has nothing to do with Atheism as a whole.

=)

Answer 5

True that. Not just love stories. It's foolishness to compare any part of life with movies.

Answer 6

It will be nailing people to crosses,more likely
It depends on which type of Facism:
Leftist would eventually persecute active Christians as would rightist Neo Nazism
Some Leftist Neo Communist forms would rewrite history to make the American Founding Fathers as proto-Communists(and all theother totalitarian groups would too)
Some forms would wrap themselves up in Nativism and FundaProt eschatology but they too in the end would imprison out of line Fundamentalist Protestants

Answer 7

If you look at the Dominionist group of Christians in the US, you can certainly see this statement in action.

The sad thing is that many of them do not see the parallels between "Dominion Christianity" and Fascism or Nazism......

Answer 8

Here and done. The cross is an ancient symbol of war.

Answer 9

I am starting to think so. The fanatical Fundamentalist are loud and scary. Sometimes I wonder if they will stop when they should. I don't think they know when they should stop either.

Wiseacre: that is the most deluded twist on American History I have ever read! I can't even respond. It's just to ludicrous

Answer 10

All these people stating that the US was founded on Christian principles really need to read Locke and Rousseau.