[lbo-talk] of actors and politicians

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Oct 3 11:11:58 PDT 2008


Marvin Gandall wrote:
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> I said a "whiff" of fascism. If fascism ever does come to America, this is
> what it's core base would look like - small town, patriotic, xenophobic,
> elite-hating, aggressively ordinary. Meantime, I continue to describe it as
> conservative.

This will be the myth or ideology of such a movement -- but the flesh-and-blood 'membership' of such a movement will be mostly from medium cities and large suburban areas, not from the "small towns" geographically. "Small town" is an idea, not a place.

Carrol



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