In Reply to: Boiling frogs posted by Tony Lauck on April 27, 2012 at 09:40:17:
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So you were free driving 65 but not at 55? I take it you support a system with no speed limits then?
Are we completely free? Of course not. Do we live in a fascist state? Certainly not.
Do any of the definitions below even come close to describing the US in its current state?
fas·cism
1. 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.
2. any ideology or movement inspired by Italian Fascism, such as German National Socialism; any right-wing nationalist ideology or movement with an authoritarian and hierarchical structure that is fundamentally opposed to democracy and liberalism
3. a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
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Follow Ups
- you need a better dictionary - bwb 13:28:54 04/27/12 (3)
- RE: you need a better dictionary - BubbaMike 21:37:30 04/29/12 (0)
- RE: you need a better dictionary - Tony Lauck 14:06:20 04/27/12 (1)
- RE: you need a better dictionary - bwb 15:59:34 04/27/12 (0)