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Thoughts on Fascism vis-a-vis the Battle in Congress Over the Trillion-Dollar Budget Bill

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Would I want to live under fascism? Not really, but some forms of fascism (e.g., Franco’s Spain) were tolerable, if not exactly free. Anyway, under fascism, when a law is needed, it can be created in a day or two by the head of state [1]. Under democracy, the political parties fight over a bill for months, or longer, and then they finally pass a wishy-washy “compromise” law, usually full of “pork,” which satisfies no one except a few elites and plutocrats.

[1] “fascism” here is defined as “right-wing socialism with an all-powerful leader and no elections.” Fascism has taken different forms in different countries, unlike Marxism, which is uniform and predictable

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Posted : 13/12/2014 12:50 pm
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