[lbo-talk] Bruce Bartlett: " I think it is only a matter of time before the Tea Party morphs into unapologetic fascism"

[Carrol Cox]

There are many problems in raising the cry of "Fascism," but the most
serious result is to deflect understanding the immense repressive power of
ordinary capitalist democracy, in all its varieties. One need only walk
through an airport, register at a hotel, leaflet in a Mall, or cross either
the Canadian or the Mexican border to realize that the u.s. ruling elites
have no need for "fascism."

Carrol

P.S. Perhaps the most omni-present icon of the authoritarian state is the
photograph on your driver's license.