>Bush is not fascist or even proto-fascist, but this kind of opposition
>_could_ be an element in the growth of an anti-'political' movement
>which would be analogous to fascism. What you describe reminds me of the
>attitude (the kind of disgust at "bureaucracy") which led Pound to
>admire Mussolini. If an analogue to fascixm comes to power in the u.s.
>it will be under the label of anti-fascism; another reason calling bush
>fascist is so dangerous.
Yup. It's like Yoshie said long ago, this war will come with opportunities and dangers. This is one of those dangers. I do think that there was a strong accompanying sentiment that didn't just hold Shrub accountable, but held anyone accountable who was perceived as not the ones ultimately paying the price (Congress, corporations, Wall St.) -- which, at least for my uncle, meant that he was disgusted by all the death and destruction regardless as to who it was dying and being destroyed (and I was genuinely surprised at that.) In other words, with a strong radical movement what could be plucked out of that way of thinking and radicalized, perhaps, was the recognition that this system isn't for people, but a few, that this system hates all of us. whether that's open to a fascist tendency or not, I haven't figured out. What say you?