Sarah Robinson: Is the U.S. on the Brink of Fascism?
Robinson uses the widely respected “5 stages” writings of historian Robert Paxton to chart where we are on the fascism map .. right now we’re at the precarious stage 3 when Paxson writes..
rapid political mobilization [of wing nut thuggery is] threatening to escape the control of traditional elites, to the point where they would be tempted to look for tough helpers in order to stay in charge
Robinson sees the Fox News/corporate alliance with the Teabag movement as just that
We’ve arrived. We are now parked on the exact spot where our best experts tell us full-blown fascism is born.
As the economy worsens and political gridlock keeps getting in the way of needed policies to help people, stage 4 (when the elite/brown shirt alliance takes charge) could be just around the corner – mab .. read more
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