Reply #38: What is a Corporate Fascist Takeover?

[desertrat777]

Corporate fascist takeovers seem to follow a pattern historically. In Germany, the Nazis played on nationalism (read: the tea party) and a faltering economy (hello America!), where divide and conquer created an us-versus-them division, with Aryan supremacy the justification and the fears of the people deftly turned into outward anger. In Brazil, the fascist takeover was called something like the New Order ( I have been reading a novel by Jorge Amado on this topic, called Pen, Sword, Camisole). In America. . . well, you know. The Republican party seems to have been walking in lockstep for some time now, and maybe it is now compulsory for them. One step at a time, they have made inroads, like Supreme Court justices and Republican governors playing out the same template simultaneously. Yes, of course our nation is in danger. We need to remember the 180 degree rule, where the neocons twist something that they are doing around 180 degrees, or take something that they are doing and accuse the progressives of doing it. For example, just yesterday I heard on progressive talk radio an audio clip of a conservative accusing Obama of presenting an economic policy that would not care for the health care needs of the disadvantaged and elderly. And they say this kind of stuff with a straight face, with a 'be afraid, be very afraid' tenor.

The question we need to answer is this: how do we stop this insidious process that seems to be set on autopilot 24/7? Yes, we need to organize and we need to achieve solidarity. Yes,we are a large country with many factions that have been set against one another, and yet our quarrels have been contrived for us. People have to be tricked into going to war or into allowing a fascist regime to take over - so admitted Joseph Goebbels - which is exactly what is happening in Wisconsin and in many other states right now. One scary black jack boot step at a time. So how do we stop this process?