Is it too late to save the USA from becoming a fascist state?

Question

With things like the, "Patriot Act," the, "Military Commissions Act of 2006," the, "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2007," and the, "H.R. 1955 and S. 1959: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007." The laws are set up to totally control the masses WITHOUT any court supervision, which means that there is no longer the "Checks and Balances" which the forefathers set the US government up with.

So, knowing these "Acts" is it too late to save the USA from the fascist state which we have become?

Just because they have not used these powers yet, doesn't mean that they wont. Now that they have taken away the First amendment the next one they will be after is the 2nd.

Sadaamli...You didn't look at any of the Acts that I listed did you? If you did, then you would understand my question.

These acts are worded in such a way that the Government can do anything that they want to a USA citizen and you can not challenge it in a Court of Law...I.E. Protect yourself or stand up against this government.

Answer 1

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.

Yea too late....probably

Answer 2

Yes vote in the next election. I honestly dont like any candidates who are running but vote Democrat in the next election to avoid a fascist state for now. There are people in the south of this country who have been the most racist and evil people there has ever been in this country. Now they are a minority and want to pass laws that were equivalent to that if pre-world war 2 Italy. Dont let that happen.

Answer 3

No, just vote in the next election cycle.

That act alone has kept the U.S. from becoming a facist state for the past 200 years. Come to think of it, we don't seem to even be on the road to a fascist state. Unless there's some bizarre philosophy or agenda out there trying to redefine the term for their own political purposes.

Answer 4

It is now less than one calendar year until the next presidential election. It is
less than one year until the country finally takes a deep breath and flexes its
atrophied muscles and opens its bloody, Cheney-punched mouth and lets it be known
to the world, to the universe, to its own numb and dejected soul just exactly how
unwell it has felt, how much pain has raked its heart, lo, these past seven (eight, by then)
years, by ushering in an entirely new political era, as we all exhale a massive sigh of
long overdue relief that — praise Jesus, Allah, Buddha and the devil all at once — the long
national nightmare of George W. Bush is finally over.

Answer 5

If the government had taken away the 1st Amendment, you wouldn't have been able to post you stupid question. If you want to see facism, take a look at the Middle East, North Korea, Venezuela. It's people like you that keep security checking old ladies at airports, rather than ethinc groups prone to terrorism. We certainly don't want to profile.

Answer 6

Absolutely not - but it is going to take strong community-based action, and I'm wondering if there is the will for that to occur? People need to make their objections to these attacks on democracy felt.

Really shocked, for instance, by the level of voter apathy (or should that be, "potential voter" apathy?).

Answer 7

If you think the US is becoming a fascist state, I would be concerned about posting your question on Yahoo. If you actually believe it, expect a knock on your door in 5 min, somebody will be taking you away.

If you don't get it, you are safe. The US isn't fascist.

Answer 8

Bush and Cheney still have a year left.

Perhaps they will complete their masterpiece in 2008.

Answer 9

It was an 8 year bad dream!!! We now have to elect a Democrat to build up the economy for another Republican disaster

Answer 10

No, vote for Ron Paul.