[lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism

[Miles Jackson]

Michael Perelman wrote:
> I had this in The Confiscation of American Prosperity:
> 
> "people in the United States believe that people move out of poverty far more easily 
> than they actually do, significantly reducing the perceived justification for a 
> stronger welfare system (Alesina and Glaeser 2004, p. 4)."
> 

Exactly.  Contra Fromm, if fascism emerges in the U. S., it will be 
justified using the rhetoric of individualism and freedom.

MIles