is this a pretty dead on accurate description of the U.S.?

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aaiiieee! only # 11 is iffy. there is a lot of that but it's not at totalitarian levels.

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

ok #5 is iffy also. that could also just be atributable to prevalent differences in era. most of those fascist regimes were from the early to mid 20th century. america is post feminist fascism?

i said #11 is iffy... the mass media is very self censoring. heavy handed tactics are unnecessary. the govt mostly NGOs closely tied to the govt still produce quite a bit of flak over certain stories though. all the mass media outlets have analysts that are former military or defense department. they get first crack at squashing stories before they even run.

i'm a sheeple?

Tori R: the opposite of fascism is libertarian socialism or anarcho syndicalism... i don't think the U.S. has ever at anytime even slightly resembled an anarcho syndicalist state.

Answer 1

The fourteen point definition of fascism clearly describes the current state of the United States of America, particularly under the second Bush Administration - a regime awash in corruption, secrecy, theocracy, militarism and election fraud. Never before in the history of this country have the people as a whole been rendered so powerless by a ruling, corporate, elite and gang of "Project For a New Century" imperialists.

Given the media control by a handful of powerful and unelected few, never before has the need for radical reforms been so necessary, and yet so difficult to mount.

"If American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land."

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power."

Fascism will come to America in the name of anti-fascism'. I'm afraid, based on my own long experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security."

Answer 2

# 1 - is presented as if it's a bad thing.
#2 - does not describe the U.S. It describes China and the Middle East. In the U.S., we don't shoot our protesting students with tanks, and we don't chop the hands and feet off people who might or might not have committed the crime they're being accused of.
#3 - The scapegoats wouldn't be scapegoats if they'd quit DOING IT. And besides, I don't see the U.S. singling out any of these groups and "targeting" them for anything unless you want to talk about Affirmative Action.
#4 - Fine. Let's disband our military and then count the minutes in which you remain free to ask your little questions on Y!A.
#5 - Can you give me an example?
#6 - If the mass media in the U.S. were so "under control," they would be a little more organized, don't you think?
#7 - Our lack of obsession with national security led to the World Trade Center and half the Pentagon being destroyed while people were in the buildings. Do you want to have a repeat of that one?
#8 - The ruling elite only claim to be religious so they can get elected. Do you actually think any one of them would set foot in a church unless it was to campaign? I mean any of them, Democrat, Republican, Communist, Socialist, Nazi, Fascist, Liberatarian or Independent.
#9 - Thank God the power of the corporations is protected. Who would provide the jobs if the corporations failed?
#10 - I'm a member of one union and would like to join another someday. That certain other one is on strike right now, and I, as a Republican, stand in solidarity with them, as do many of my Republican friends in "the biz." So what's your point?
#11 - So far, I haven't been shut down by the government in my pursuit of a career in film.
#12 - Only people who listen to the "controlled" media believe this crap.
#13 - Only people who believe what they see in fiction movies like Trading Places believe this crap.
#14 - If we've ever had a fraudulent election, it's the one in which Gore threw the whole country into a tailspin by refusing to accept defeat. When the recounts failed to turn up enough votes, and all the absentee ballots came in from the military overseas and solidified his loss, he just spun it so half the country would be duped into thinking the government somehow screwed around with the results.

So if all this is what says we live in a fascist country, then I'll take it.

Answer 3

I'd have to say the new demon-crat platform is a little closer to what you are suggesting. They support sanctuary cities for a large-scale (illegal) immigrant workforce, a government-controlled welfare state, rampant tax and spend for special interests, amnesty for repeat felons, silencing opposing points of view and maligning people of faith. This is all part of a total control or totalitarian mechanism. People are much easier to manipulate when there are no moral judgements to get in the way. Your efforts to denigrate the U.S. are transparent. This is evident in your strained comparisons.

Answer 4

No.

You may disagree with what the neo-cons are doing... well so do I, and so does most of America.

But by no means is America fascist. You have the right to vote. You have the right to obtain non-biased sources of information. You have the right to speak out against your government, and even actively calculate its downfall (by voting them out of office).

There is a gender gap in America, but it is shrinking and has done such for a long time. Parties usually use someone or something as a scapegoat... but I believe the majority of Americans deep in their hearts know this.

You live in a land that has come to many self-realizations over the years. Racism is discouraged now. People think critically and indepently more than before.

America does have its problems, but it also has its legacies. In my opinion if there is a country out there whose heart and soul is fundamentally against Fascism it is America.

Answer 5

No.It mixes the truth with the very elements of our own demise.The illuminati planned these things a long time ago.Sexism?Please.Nationalism wrong?Good grief.We are in this death march towards a Fascist New Word Order because of Globalism,not nationalism.I stopped halfway through the list because I've heard this viewpoint from sheeple like you for years.Right/left...Lib/Con..it's Hegelian Dialectics.And most people haven't the mental faculties to discern truth from error anymore.Rep/Dem...Two sides of the same comtrolled coin.The mass media ceased to be a free press 90 years ago.http://www.constitution.org/pub/swinton_press.htm http://www.jeremiahproject.com/newworldorder/nworder05.html http://www.newswithviews.com/NWO/newworld22.htm

Answer 6

I'd like to say a big, fat "no".

While we are some of those things at times, we are the exact opposite during other periods! Judging only the bad is a fairly close-minded way to go about describing a country, and country.

Answer 7

#5 is pretty iffy too, if you look at Bush's cabinet - there are 4 women heading cabinet departments, which is pretty good for any administration. Otherwise, I have to agree with you, at least in regard to the current regime, though IMHO they did in effect come to power through a judiciary-backed coup d'etat.

Answer 8

No.. if it were a facist state you would be hunted down, removed from your parents basement and imprisoned for posting this.

Answer 9

Yeah, I'd say so. But then again I am an Anarchist and you know us Anarchists, we'll agree with anything that makes government look bad. *Rolls eyes.*
But really, I think that does describe the American government, among others, pretty well.

Answer 10

Give me a break dude. Are you kidding? Just another U. S. hater aren't you?