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To: RMF who wrote (448878)	1/20/2009 1:28:08 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574864

I know we haven't gone through anything comparable to what the Germans went through in the 1920's, but do you think if we did that our population would be as malleable and willing to follow a "pied piper" as they were? Every people has an Achilles' heel that makes them vulerable to tyranny: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” -Sinclair Lewis

To: RMF who wrote (448878)	1/20/2009 2:37:10 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574864

"Do you really believe the US would be so vulnerable to that, combjelly?" Yes, I do. Unlike most of the developed countries, we have not experimented with authoritarians. And there are many with authoritarian tendencies, just look at the theory of the unitary executive. It isn't Fascism per se, but it certainly is a step along the road. Many of the religious fundamentalists like authoritarians also. "I know we haven't gone through anything comparable to what the Germans went through in the 1920's" No, we haven't. Yet there are those who feel that we don't get the respect we deserve from other countries. And that is one of the big engines of authoritarians. Look at Russia. Putin is walking that path, although his model is an older one, imperialism.