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Thom Linden's avatar

Thanks for this report. It is the clearest warning I have read since "Fascism - A Warning" by Albright. I have been commenting in WAPO and NYT and here for the past few years that the US media needs to wake up. Everyone needs to call this what it is and stopping using moderating terms: GOP far right; Trumpism; Reaganism; neo-this and neo-that. One clear term which reflects the historical facts and will resonate with the US voters.

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The rise of Fascism is like the assembling of a quilt. Each square in the quilt is in itself a valid topic for discussion, whether we agree or disagree with it, and while being absorbed by each square’s topic as interests us, we neglect to see that a quilt is being created. So, at each step of the evolution of the quilt, there is a dual issue, the issue within a square, which is loud and in our face, and the issue of the overall effect of the quilt, which if quiet and sneaking in the background.

A government is like a quilt, and with Democracy, that quilt should protect the interests of its citizens, but with Fascism, that quilt protects only the interests of a greedy and self-righteous few people. If you're cold and tired, and someone comes to cover you with a warm quilt, how do you know if that person will comfort you or smother you to death? Similarly, average people can easily mistake Fascism for righteous governance.

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