Re: It's The Conservatism, Stupid -- Paul Waldman

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:53:22 +0800, Ray Haddad
<rhaddad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:12:39 -0700, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
and Asha Anderson instead replied:

''Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power. Anti-individualistic, the Fascist
conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts
the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of
the State. The Fascist concept of the State is all-embracing --
outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist."
- Benito Mussolini

In other words, fascism is the guiding principle of the modern day
American conservative party. The radical right has hypnotized and
enamored masses of people via media brainwashing but the sad and
frightening reality is that these sleepers at the trough are guzzling
poison and are drunk and belligerent on its false, fatal comfort.

Boy, are you ever confused. Those at the public trough are those who
never create a single job. They suck the life out of their own
selves by accepting handouts. Many of them do it because their
parents taught them to do it. In America, corporations are granted
leeway because they create jobs helping to take those who don't
create new jobs away from that trough spirit killing trough. You've
got it completely backwards.



Catch up, Ray! Amerikan conservatives aren't making jobs for America.
They are making jobs for India, China, Taiwan etc.. by out-sourcing
American jobs. And the kicker? A vast number of Americans have to
purchase these imported products, things that used to be made in
American by Americans .... with CREDIT because they can't afford them
otherwise.

The conservatives have pulled the rug out from America, Roy. They are
not part of our Democracy. They are a Corporatocracy, and that, Roy,
is Fascism with a face lift. Mussolini's own words:

''Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini

They have drained America for the stockholders, ie, themselves. Look
at Wal-Mart. What was left of America's heartland after corporate
built and stocked malls gutted it, has been plundered and erased by
Wal-mart. Wal-mart has obliterated the once thriving American business
network, sea to shining sea. And mom and pop businesses are nearly a
thing of the past because of Wal-Mart, which doesn't even pay a living
wage to its workers. Individual Americans can't compete with
government subsidized, international conglomerates selling goods
produced by desperately poor children and adults working in third
world sweat shops. You know what I see Ray? One day, countries like
China and India will build their factories in America, where they can
get cheap labor.

Anti-individualistic, the Fascist
conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts
the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of
the State. - Benito Mussolini

Then there are corporations like Halburton that sell weapons to
foreign countries, then guide the political agenda of the US, via its
former executive Dick Cheney, to wage war on those same countries.
Haliburton makes money coming and going. Our government turns around
and rewards Haliburton no-bid government contracts worth billions and
billions of dollars to rebuild the countries destroyed by the war it
started... and oops! The money doesn't make it to the people. It gets
lost, billions get "lost" and what happens? Nothing. No investigation.
No accountability. Corporate business as usual, eye on the bottom
line...profit.

And Diebold, another fascist corporation, is awarded an exclusive
government to build American's paperless, unsecure, voting machines.
And get this. The government gives Diebold permission to POLICE
ITSELF, NO OUTSIDE REVIEW. Diebold says the conservatives won an
election and that's that! Mussolini would be proud. It's the
perfection of Fascism.

And then there's our government ... SPYING ON US, no review, no
checks, no balances, no accountability. And kangaroo court military
tribunals because the conservatives claim to be above the law, and
Cheney and Bush reveal the identity of an American spy working
undercover collecting information on weapons of mass destruction. And
what? No consequences .... BUSINESS as usual ... ad nauseum.

The Fascist concept of the State is all-embracing --
outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist." -Benito Mussolini



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