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Re: The Death of Democracy?
by Monolycus on Mar 21, 2006 - 06:08 PM
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Well, let's take a closer gander. Hyper patriotism...? Check. Xenophobia...? Check. Corporations functioning as logistic arms of the state...? Check. Incorporation by the state of theological justification...? Check. Glorification of the military and exponential increases in defense spending...? Check. A cult of personality including a leader figure whose desires become indistinguishable from those of the state...? Check and check.
Nope. Doesn't look like there's anything "neo" about this brand of fascism. Uncle Benito would have recognised it and been proud.
But the war on the poor...? Now that's become different in both scale and tactics. I'm going to stick with my original semantics.
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