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To: bentway who wrote (333734)	4/17/2007 5:50:40 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572135

"Yes! Mussolini would know it, and what to call it." Sure. Consider how many posters on the various boards are openly Fascist. And then there are those who are pushing for a theocracy. I hesitate to say it, but I don't think this country has been under more anti-democratic pressure in it's history. Even with the Red Scare of the late 40s and 50s or even the Great Depression, I don't think the drumbeat to totalitarianism has ever been stronger. "I think it may have been born with the "military-industrial complex" Ike warned us about, after helping to create it. I don't think we've had any President that actively opposed it." I think you are correct. But it has grown beyond that hard core. And the reason why the issue hasn't been addressed is because a presidential candidate needs a growing pile of money to run for election. They can't alienate any group with money, it'd kill their chances. So the problem gets swept under the rug.