[lbo-talk] Re: 14 characteristics of fascism

Ian Murray seamus2001 at attbi.com
Thu Jun 5 13:45:15 PDT 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Barkley Rosser" <rosserjb at jmu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: 14 characteristics of fascism


> I agree and think that this is very important. In
> fact I think that the domestic political advantage
> was an even more important factor in the war on
> Iraq than anything else. With the war in Afghanistan
> over, folks were starting to refocus on the economy
> and other domestic issues. Instead, Bush got a
> Republican Senate, and very likely a second term
> also, unless the economy really does tank. This
> may not quite be fascism, but the War On Terror has
> clearly replaced the Cold War for keeping people
> in line ideologically and politically.
> Barkley Rosser

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In a bizarre enantiodromia, those on the Right who for decades have said that the government is the enemy have now made it a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially for US leftists.

Ian



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