As I watch the unfolding of the new enabling act in the United States, I have wanted to publish angry denounciations of the government and the Fearless Leader, but I have been given pause by the ability of the Fearless Leader to detain indefinately anyone “purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States.” I don’t want to end up like Jose Padilla.
But I have to be honest about the situation, and so do you; Americans are living in a fascist state. There, I said it. No, I am not throwing the word around lightly either - it ridiculous to think of the gutting of habeas corpus, etc, etc, by near unanimous consent merely “authoritarian.” No, they are a new “enabling act”, and those who support them are fascists, plain and simple.
As another blogger has said:
I deliberately chose one the most “extreme” words available because it sets off alarm bells. I am aware that this eruption of American fascism is quite different than classic examples. I am also aware that the extent of fascistic repression is small compared to other countries. American fascism doesn’t resemble European models, or Asian, or Middle Eastern totalitarian states. But that doesn’t make it any less fascistic.
If the cult of a leader inspired by God and Manifest Destiny, deeply beholden to corporate interests, which condones torture, heaps contempt on habeas corpus, plays the race card whenever it can, passes laws based upon the whim of the leader, and severely restricts the free discourse of ideas on the truly mass media isn’t fascism, then please tell me what is.
Bush promised his supporters that (speaking morally, I suppose) he would “turn back the clock in America 50 years”. The clock has now been turned, but 75 (or 900) years instead of 50. Just watch, you’ll know I’m right when Iran is bombed and Americans start getting locked up, maybe before the November elections.
Tags: america, enabling act, fascism, Jose Padilla
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