Have we Become Fascists? V.P. Henry Wallace's Warning

[UglyGreed]

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[merrily]

1. Cortez, Columbus, First Nations, slavery, Jim Crow.

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And that's not even counting what the CIA has done.

Apparently, all the above is allowed us without making us wrong in the least because American Exceptionalism, Manifest Destiny and all that other good stuff we pulled out of our asses.

(I do know that Cortez and Columbus were not forerunners of USians.)

[DetlefK]

2. "Fascism": A revolutionary movement that seeks to install authoritarian, nationalist rule.

[zeemike]

3. What an artical...

I looked it up here...http://newdeal.feri.org/wallace/haw23.htm

And this part jumped out...

American fascism will not be really dangerous until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information, and those who stand for the K.K.K. type of demagoguery.

There you have it...he predicted it compleatly...we have seen all three and are in fact in the middle of it now.

[UglyGreed]

5. Thank you for the link

we must face the hard truth of what we have become as a nation.

[djean111]

4. Why yes, the United Staes is on a Fast Track to Fascism, IMO and all that. n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Another day, and another rightwing pastor calls for the genocide of gay Americans because gay

Americans want "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," like everybody else gets to have, and that, apparently, is a bridge too far for the Christians.