Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Alexander I


I never said anything about any theocracy. I'm just talking plain, unadulterated empire.

I believe any democracy could be usurped with the wrong people in the wrong positions. However I believe that some forms of government will never be chosen by leadership of some populations barring the possibility of a group whose desire for power is secondary to an agenda which is served by that form of government. In those cases I think their chances of overthrowing the democracy in the first place are much lower and the task far more difficult.

[edit wait a second, looking back at the posts does this author seriously write some book relating to my deliberately ludicrous and off the wall suggestion that the EU would transform into a 4th reich? If so then Kuci had the right of it. It sounds retarded!]

[Victor Galis]

Wait, why does imperialism require the overthrow of democracy? (Think Athens.)

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Geronimo


I believe any democracy could be usurped with the wrong people in the wrong positions. However I believe that some forms of government will never be chosen by leadership of some populations barring the possibility of a group whose desire for power is secondary to an agenda which is served by that form of government. In those cases I think their chances of overthrowing the democracy in the first place are much lower and the task far more difficult.

[edit wait a second, looking back at the posts does this author seriously write some book relating to my deliberately ludicrous and off the wall suggestion that the EU would transform into a 4th reich? If so then Kuci had the right of it. It sounds retarded!]

No, it's about how a clever opportunist uses the assassination of the president to take over the American government.

[Sandman]

I honestly don't think that the US will turn into a fascist dictatorship, not when it can turn into a massively corrupt stagnant democracy.

[Nugog]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


Think Katrina.

And or 9/11, HomeLand (Fatherland maybe) Security..........

[Kuciwalker]

No, this is so that when another hurricane hits Louisiana, Bush can order the Mississippi NG to go in and help. And since VG isn't a nutjob I suspect he'll believe that explanation

[Dinner]

Re: Re: Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps

Originally posted by Whoha
the SA thread on this was fairly interesting, everyone should read that instead and just not post here

SA?

[Kidlicious]

Did anyone else think that Slaughtermeyer was Ted's DL?

And I don't think that Americans would let their country become a full blown dictatorship, but they would let it progress towards one and infact I think that's happening.

[Wycoff]

Re: Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps

Originally posted by Slaughtermeyer If it happened in the land of Kant and Beethoven, why can't it happen here?

A long tradition of civil disdain for intrusive government? Absence of hyperinflation and massive unemployment? The fact that many of the people most supportive of the military are also those who are most opposed to the federal government and taxation, most supportive of federalism and states rights, etc.?

[Arrian]

The Guardian. So predictable.

-Arrian

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by Sandman
I honestly don't think that the US will turn into a fascist dictatorship, not when it can turn into a massively corrupt stagnant democracy.

That's far more likely.

[Arrian]

Depending on how you define those things, that describes us NOW.

-Arrian

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Alexander I
No, it's about how a clever opportunist uses the assassination of the president to take over the American government.

Jack Bauer would foil the bastards plans.

[Sirotnikov]

Some of the things there are a bit uneasy on the eyes, such as the claim that people who participated in demonstrations or criticised something on TV are prevented travel or flight.

That seems awfully odd, and seems to be a rather bold assessment which I don't know if I can trust, because this is not an article by a journalist but rather an editorial by a loon.

Most of the claims she makes are pure paranoid, and exist in other democratic countries such as britain, israel, germany etc.

[Kuciwalker]

Re: Re: Re: Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps

Originally posted by Oerdin
SA?

SomethingAwful.