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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Fascism? Seriously? The more things change the more they stay the same -- decry anything one disagrees with as fascism. Or socialism, take your pick (though you probably can't pick both).
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A rather simple definition of fascism would be the marriage between corporations and the state. To force individuals to purchase a certain thing from a certain industry is the epitome of this marriage. I don't decry anything as something...unless it is. And it is. It fits the simple definition. Granted it doesn't show as much totalitarianism as Mussolini's fascism, of course. But it's fascist.
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Was it fascism when Republican lawmakers proposed much of the same stuff in the 1990s?
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Absolutely.
The Republicans are just as guilty of this stuff.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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