Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned The Corner?

AlterNet by Sara Robinson | May. 1, 2012 (Opinion)
Author offers periodic assessment of America's potential to go fascist. And the news is better than it's been in years.

Research by Political Research Associates estimates that, at any given time in our history, roughly 10-12 percent of the country's population has been bred-in-the-bone right-wing authoritarians -- the people who are hard-wired to think in terms of fascist control and order. Our latter-day Christian Dominionists, sexual fundamentalists and white nationalists are the descendants -- sometimes, the literal blood descendants -- of the same people who joined the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 1, 2012 - 12:49 PM PDT
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Jack Dinkmeyer
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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - May. 2, 2012

Good opinion piece full of good news with good supporting data which seem to indicate we’re on the way out of the right wing’s abyss of dark wickedness. However, given the resilience of the right wing and its ability to cast evil spells–much like the bad witch of the North or Snow White’s evil stepmother–one mustn’t give in to complacency. And given the fact 9/11 succeeded beyond terrorists’ wildest dreams in that it really did terrorize Americans–many of whom still remain terrorized–we’re not yet out of the black forest.

I have often ended reviews with: “who needs foreign terrorists when we have the right wing here in America?” An accurate question considering the right wing learned much from 9/11. Basically the lesson was that a sufficient number of Americans could be terrorized–and if scare tactics were continually applied–remain terrorized. “Just keep me safe, let me have my toys, and you can take away my privacy, my freedoms and my Democracy” became the mantra. And thus was ... More »

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Harry A Farr
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 1, 2012

In the wake of … victory, the far right’s new electees shifted into overdrive, immediately introducing brutally aggressive legislation to bust unions, ... More »

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - May. 2, 2012

More ominously: a political movement that’s willing to take power through terrorist violence — which the far right threatens constantly, and delivers on often ... More »

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