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Just because the defintion fits the circumstances 100% is no reason to use the word. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1
Saying we're at the brink might be optimistic navarth Feb 2015 #2
Unfortunately, like you, BlueMTexpat Feb 2015 #6
I agree, the brink has passed. zeemike Feb 2015 #11
Il Duce... gregcrawford Feb 2015 #13
Ronnie Raygun built the framework. hifiguy Feb 2015 #29
you are correct, we crossed over a long time ago. niyad Feb 2015 #42
+10000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #47
Here's great Madmiddle Feb 2015 #3
Petitions are so effective. Alkene Feb 2015 #14
You can always call your congressman BubbaFett Feb 2015 #33
If you bundle these paper petitions up really tight, build a trebuchet... hunter Feb 2015 #23
K and R Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #4
Why so negative? Fascism is pro-Wall Street. Octafish Feb 2015 #5
Silence pesky whistleblowers. JEB Feb 2015 #24
Oh Ocatafish, why do you want to punish success? navarth Feb 2015 #25
Concise, elegant, 100% true and perfect. hifiguy Feb 2015 #31
Actually, if you look at history, fascism is a rebellion from the middle class - it fails Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #48
Time to Make a Stand/New Party? PartoftheFirstParty Feb 2015 #7
A lot easier to take over a party. See: Teabaggers and Republican Party. n/t ieoeja Feb 2015 #22
Green Party may not deserve takeover... Maybe "1st party" status(?), though PartoftheFirstParty Feb 2015 #45
"it it may well on our doorstep"??? tblue Feb 2015 #8
+10. Dems. & liberals venerate justice, equality, tolerance & more. But dang, our reaction appalachiablue Feb 2015 #35
It sure is arikara Feb 2015 #44
And yet, here you are, able to publicly complain about it... brooklynite Feb 2015 #9
You think the oligarchy worries about chin-music from the peasants? nt Bigmack Feb 2015 #15
Having lived in an dictatorship for five years? Yes they do. brooklynite Feb 2015 #17
All due respect to your experience, hifiguy Feb 2015 #30
Correct. The left's dismissal of RW media control never ceases to amaze me. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #36
Yep. As a for instance, in any European country Noam Chomsky would be hifiguy Feb 2015 #41
With the Kochs in charge now Chomsky will never exist. The noticeable loss of intellectualism appalachiablue Feb 2015 #43
For now... gregcrawford Feb 2015 #19
Citizens United bigtree Feb 2015 #21
I wonder if there will ever be a group of allies that are big and strong enough to stop us like we jwirr Feb 2015 #34
Brawndo is what plants crave! tridim Feb 2015 #10
But what about the electrolytes? n/t gelsdorf Feb 2015 #12
How American Oligarchs Are Pushing America to the Brink of Fascism The CCC Feb 2015 #16
It's not just the rich INdemo Feb 2015 #18
I don't think there is a question that we are well down the path. rhett o rick Feb 2015 #20
But first we will have to teach them what Oligarchy means. I agree completely that they are going jwirr Feb 2015 #37
Yes, I agree. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #39
I guess this article just tries to give hope. Trillo Feb 2015 #26
It's already too late. The New Fascists control all the levers of power hifiguy Feb 2015 #32
Disappear one by one. As they did so many South American countries. jwirr Feb 2015 #38
That's why it was sooo very important to find out who the leaders of OWS were. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #40
May those that are uber well to do be kind and benevolent to others think Feb 2015 #27
With the assistance of millions more than happy to share in the proceeds. nt raouldukelives Feb 2015 #28
With one of the two mainstream parties now irredeemably fascist (the Republicans), I think KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #46
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