By Shoq, on March 8th, 2010
New America Foundation's Barry Lynn (author of Cornered), has a very important article in Washington Monthly called:
"Who Broke American Jobs."
In my view, all of our problems, from campaign financing, to media consolidation, to the government dysfunctionalism and hyper partisanship that is breaking down anything that ever made American a worthwhile
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By Shoq, on February 16th, 2010
Last Spring…
David Neiwert's The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, which sliced and diced the preposterous right wing revisionism of Jonah Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism," got a fair amount of attention in the press. Here's a brief taste of it:
And yet, here we are two years later, and it turns out that
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By Shoq, on February 9th, 2010
Definitions
Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. Websters
Fascism: A political regime, usually
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By Shoq, on February 6th, 2010
Try this at home
Get out a notepad, and spend an hour reading these two articles, which, while pretty general, do a very good job of reciting the bullet points of these eras.
As you read, write down points of interest which you think clearly resonate with our present populist "rebellions." They don't have to be exact
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