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Let's define fascism




After reading the letter from Frank Vondersaar, I've come to some realizations: He's a raving lunatic. He's forgotten Clinton was in office eight years between the Bushes. He needs to expand his vocabulary and not use "fascist" every third word. He needs to learn the definition of "fascism."

Fascism: Noun (Sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

George Bush has had no real power (Democrats controlled both houses of Congress), there was plenty of opposition, the media was full of criticism for him (although they're fawning over the Obamessiah), industry and commerce had some regimentation but also many more freedoms (with promised regimentation by the new regime), Bush is a patriot and Obama is ashamed of the USA (so Bush gets one point of a fascist), and racism was used in one campaign but not the other.

However, you can call both sides socialist, although Obama nails all 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto, so he's more accurately a Marxist (supported by many terrorist organizations, including Hamas and FARC). Bush doesn't come close to meeting the criteria for being fascist.

Except for the fact that fascism opposes liberalism (it also tends to oppose conservatism), other aspects of fascism include collectivism, populism, class collaboration, economic planning, statism, social intervention, national socialism, protectionism and indoctrination. Seems that president-elect Barry Soetero pretty much promises fascism.

Danny Shannon

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