Holy shit has this topic gotten derailed.
What do you guys think of my worries:
1) You have stagnant job growth, which will lead to MORE unemployment, as more young people enter the workforce.
2) You have a large wealth gap, which is only going to increase with the above mentioned (college graduates who do get jobs, and who don't).
3) You have an absolutely toxic and radical political landscape (as the 22 pages in this thread show).
Young, unemployed college graduates, who are going to be pretty moderate in their views, are not going to buy into the radical left and right. In fact, they'll despise it. They also don't care about abstract things. They will be afraid, afraid of their own personal future, as well as their country's as they see an increasingly partisan government and media seem to fuck things up more and more.
What I meant by a "movement similar to fascism" is an reactionary movement against the polarized political landscape, led mostly by people from the middle class. A movement driven by fear, that speaks in extremely broad terms and rejects the left and right. A movement that is skeptical of democracy. A movement that seeks national unity, that isn't divided by extremism.
I initially thought of the tea party as being that fascist movement, but in retrospect, I don't think it is. The main supporters aren't from the middle class, and it really is just the Republican party rebranded, and more extreme.
The fascist movement I envision is one that starts in New England. One that will be composed mainly of the unemployed members of the middle class.
