HappySqurriel said:
I’ve seen several interviews with Jonah Goldberg who wrote a book called Liberal Fascism which I intend on reading because he has brought up some interesting things; part of the reason I want to actually read the book is to see whether he can back up the interesting 5 to 10 minute discussions with facts and well thought out arguments. One of the things that he pointed out was that Fascism is amazingly popular because it is never sold as a loss of personal rights and freedoms to a totalitarian government, it is typically promoted as an increase in the role of government to solve social/economic problems (often in the shape of "socialist" social programs). As the size and power of the government increases people have less ability to handle abuses of that power by the government and it (tends to) fall down the slippery slope of becoming a totalitarian regime. I’m in no way saying that social programs that are proposed by any major party in a democracy in the western world will lead to a fascist state. All I am saying is ... Just because something the government does is popular doesn’t mean they should take on that role, and everyone should be careful to not allow the government to increase its power without putting in place proper checks and balances. |
I think you just perfectly described the current administration!!!