[lbo-talk] Swedish far-right wins first seats in parliament

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] FDR was an exception that proves the rule.  The fact that the US
did not turn fascist in the 1930s as Europe did is due, in a large
part, to its visceral hatred of central government.

The point I am trying to make is more about popular sentiments than
the form of government.  Economic downturns tend to foster fascist
popular sentiments, by which I understand xenophobia and demands for
"law & order."  Whether those sentiments produce a fascist government
is  a different issue that depend, in a large part, on the
instituional makeup of a particular state.

Wojtek

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> With that in mind, I propose the following definition of fascism -
>> fascism is a democracy experiencing economic downturn.
>
> So FDR was fascist?
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