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WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
36. No it isn't....
Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:03 PM
Apr 2012

The melding of government and corporate interests is a real threat to the personal freedom of every American...

I am going to quit beating around the bush... [View all] YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 OP
Yes, and not just recently. We've had it for a couple of decades. Cleita Apr 2012 #1
So it isn't just me. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #2
No it isn't and many would agree. Cleita Apr 2012 #4
It's not just you. I totally agreent Mojorabbit Apr 2012 #30
No it isn't.... WCGreen Apr 2012 #36
Nope, and it's a damn ugly thing. I hope the half of this nation that wants a better path, wins. freshwest Apr 2012 #38
We're getting a taste of it, but we can overcome it. onehandle Apr 2012 #3
I believe that Kibbutzes were/are Communist MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #21
Yep... The Corporations Have Captured The Government, And The Police Are On THEIR Side... WillyT Apr 2012 #5
I found this today.... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #7
Spot On !!! WillyT Apr 2012 #8
This country meets all of those criteria. I think we're on a RKP5637 Apr 2012 #12
Full blown! We have arrived! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #42
amplification CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #47
controlled mass media---that is why the internet is SO critical. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2012 #48
I love that they love the internet & social media to spread their capitalist message, CrispyQ Apr 2012 #52
My surprise still is that GW Bush and Cheney did not declare a Dictatorship. I really thought that teddy51 Apr 2012 #6
Bush was a puppet. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #9
Agree, and Bush was also lazy. Cheney certainly would have done it, if he could have. n/t teddy51 Apr 2012 #10
Welcome to the club nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #11
Direct reflection of my thoughts. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #13
As in you agree? LOL YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #14
Hey! I protest. I plused one! Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #17
I was just joshing... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #27
So was I Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #34
Another awakens...... DeSwiss Apr 2012 #15
It has been a long time coming... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #16
I know what you mean, but everyone must come to this point...... DeSwiss Apr 2012 #23
as a student of history, I knew the nature of denial about fascism: dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #67
I thought we voted the fascists out in 2008 XemaSab Apr 2012 #18
Sorry, but cancer can't be ''voted out.'' It's a systemic disease. DeSwiss Apr 2012 #28
we voted the republican order takers... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2012 #31
+1000! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #43
This, abundantly. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2012 #49
What do you mean "we?" NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #44
It really became overt during Bush The Vrude Apr 2012 #19
I totally agree with you-- KatyaR Apr 2012 #20
It is funny you should say that. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #24
In other news: Water is wet. TahitiNut Apr 2012 #22
Fascism is basically here. Free speech zones where people can still get arrested for exercising the Justice wanted Apr 2012 #25
You mean...we're through the 14 step program? DAMN! MrMickeysMom Apr 2012 #26
Yikes! Shit, shit, shit! Ishoutandscream2 Apr 2012 #53
Read "Democracy Incorporated" by Sheldon Wolin Fuddnik Apr 2012 #29
Hedges references that book often. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #68
I just love the irony when people go on a free, public, open discussion board, Nye Bevan Apr 2012 #32
Why don't you post under your real name? sudopod Apr 2012 #39
Not me. nt stevenleser Apr 2012 #65
Remember this, my dear friends, I love you! *sound of sirens, heavy thumps, screams, silence* freshwest Apr 2012 #40
It is a mutation in the implementation but the intent and end results are fascism. eomer Apr 2012 #41
A kinder, gentler fascism, if you will. Nye Bevan Apr 2012 #45
What are the defining characteristics of fascism and how many of them do we exhibit? (eom) eomer Apr 2012 #46
Have you heard of Agent Mike? Vincardog Apr 2012 #56
You don't think it would be THIS obvious when it happens do you...?? truebrit71 Apr 2012 #57
I got a reprisal today from this free, public, open discussion board. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2012 #63
as I have been saying for a while now, we have fascism with a smiley face. nt Javaman Apr 2012 #33
You are correct. RoccoR5955 Apr 2012 #35
Take a deep breath and count to 10 . . . MrModerate Apr 2012 #37
I have been saying the same thing for years hifiguy Apr 2012 #50
I wish the solution was as simple as voting in more Democrats, bvar22 Apr 2012 #51
K & R! lonestarnot Apr 2012 #54
A lot of people seem to get hung up on this exact definition thing nolabels Apr 2012 #55
Yes indeed, but few dare say it aloud librechik Apr 2012 #58
Yes, and we ignore that it's bipartisan at our peril. woo me with science Apr 2012 #59
I had a nightmare the other night They_Live Apr 2012 #60
The problem with making statements like yours... RevStPatrick Apr 2012 #61
The word "fascism" doesn't have much meaning anymore. ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #62
I've been saying for a while, there is a new one every day. woo me with science Apr 2012 #64
There is a dangerous belief, advanced in another dairy just today, that says no, Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #66
i'll take hyperbole, and trvializing actual facism for 500, alex. dionysus Apr 2012 #69
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