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What's to the right of fascist?
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 (September 18, 2010 at 2:00 am)Zen Badger Wrote: What's to the right of Fascism? Nice! Now why didn't I think of that. Seriously, that really does explain Tea Bag craziness and why facts are so optional for them.
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September 25, 2010 at 4:54 pm
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(September 18, 2010 at 2:00 am)Zen Badger Wrote: What's to the right of Fascism? Technically, the UK is a theocracy. The Head of State is in place by the Grace of God. He/she is crowned and, in a bizarre ritual, anointed by an Archbishop. The Head of State then appoints the Prime and other "ministers" (ministers... see the connection?) Would that the UK were a secular state like Turkey, or the US. But as the UK is hardly known as a right-of-fascist state, I think it's back to the drawing board for what's to the right of fascism. 
Ironically, both Turkey and the US are much more like theocracies than we are.
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September 26, 2010 at 11:22 am
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(September 15, 2010 at 1:15 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Fascism is technically an autocratic government aligned with corporate interests where the masses are kept in line through fear. Certainly, there's no shortage of either fear or corporate astroturf in the Tea Party but calling them fascist still doesn't fit quite right. I live in the south & judging by the Teabaggers I know personally, it's a racist movement masquerading as a christian-conservative movement. (September 17, 2010 at 8:25 am)Tiberius Wrote: True capitalism is not impossible. All it involves is the state not having a control over the market, which is how original markets worked. But I hope we can all agree that the Robber Barons & 60-80 hour forced workweeks were a bad thing.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
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