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Nye Bevan

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15. And the genius of the US Constitution is that it is extremely hard to envisage a dictatorship here.

Reply to Donald Ian Rankin (Reply #14)

Thu May 30, 2013, 05:17 PM

May 2013

I can just about imagine something like that getting through two thirds of the House and Senate (in VERY extreme circumstances) but I can't see ratification by 38 states.

Compare this to somewhere like the UK where Parliament can simply vote to extend its life indefinitely, with a simple majority, without violating any constitutional provisions or being subject to any judicial review. The only possibility I can see is that the Queen might stop this.

It is certainly easier to imagine fascism taking root in the UK than in the US. Especially with people like Nick Griffin and Nigel Farage on the scene.

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Gibson: What is Fascism? [View all] ErikJ May 2013 OP

That's all right but... DevonRex May 2013 #1

Up until the Nazi Soviet Pact of course el_bryanto May 2013 #2

Well DevonRex May 2013 #5

Stalin may have thought he was buying time COLGATE4 May 2013 #7

Oh, he knew. DevonRex May 2013 #9

Whether I get scared shitless and go catatonic or COLGATE4 May 2013 #10

No. You are absolutely wrong. DevonRex May 2013 #16

Stalin despised the Nazis and allied with them because the US would not get in the war. Zen Democrat May 2013 #6

I've met a couple of CPUSA WW2 veterans. Starry Messenger May 2013 #12

Fascism hinges on a corporatist state BainsBane May 2013 #3

Exactly, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2013 #8

Sounds like the repug party nt newfie11 May 2013 #4

That's not true...I saw all those teabagger signs saying Obama was A Fascist Communist! joeybee12 May 2013 #11

Fascism also involves Government control of the press. Nye Bevan May 2013 #13

Dictatorship is a sine qua non for fascism. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #14

And the genius of the US Constitution is that it is extremely hard to envisage a dictatorship here. Nye Bevan May 2013 #15

I don't agree - I think that there is no possibility whatsoever of a parliament doing that. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #19

There is a lot interesting reading on this site mrdmk May 2013 #17

I disagree with part of number 6 arely staircase May 2013 #18

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