read the book by jonah goldberg titled liberal fascism
then read the audacity of hope
obama talks about pragmaticism and a "third way" between republican and democrat that could really accomplish great things
third way is fascism--corporatism, social engineering on a grand scale, government control of industry and healthcare, gun control
people think the democrats are gonna help them, they used to call themselves progressives too... progress on a massive scale, like red-state china moving every ant in the hill in strategic and grand ways for the betterment of the collective with not much thought to the welfare of the individual
like healthcare, screw it up completely until the government is the only player left, keep pushing for abortion too, social engineering, outright eugenics after that. the progressives/democrats used to be all about sterilizing black women during routine gynocological exams and had ties to the KKK (1924 DNC Klan-Bake, look it up) so them really trying to go crazy like Hitler isn't out of the question, probably not this generation but they might be trying REALLY hard to set it up for the next. Opec, Russia and Venezuela fighting for oil money while it's still available (oil I mean), all the worry about the next big energy market, environmentalism being such a big deal NOW (because they want to regulate energy, and the world has too many people already, too many to share the wealth), all the big countries have to push someone around (we're doing it right now) and strangely enough, a bunch of states in the usa have huge oil deposits but most can't be gone after, and neither can nuclear power in most cases... it's like the powers that be are really sitting on all the resources waiting for all hell to break loose and conglomerate it all together. guns isn't ACTUALLY more important than the economic side but it's a lot easier to grasp and it's the linchpin that lets them REALLY get moving. Imagine UN "peacekeepers" coming in your home and taking your guns, or getting locked up for stirring unrest, a lot less than my current thread would probably get me imprisoned in China.. who is supposed to be so weak economically but they seem to have us by the balls too so it's like they're really just waiting for something... I really don't know what though.. maybe they're just patient enough to just choke us out real slow, corrupt us and let the american dream fade away
on the bright side the third way is more of a phenomenon and not a playbook so while the state does gain more power every decade,... the power is hard to wield and the persons doing that change often. For example, everyone freaked out with the patriot act but most conservatives thought it was a great idea to keep an eye on the arabs, aryans, muslims, persians.... well now it's right-wing people being watched... the government power went sour really fast BUT it's so unwieldly that all the government is doing right is undermining public support for totalitarian laws. Crap like that has happened before and it got repealed (20's to 40's, lots of weird stuff happened and the backlash broke most of the NEW DEAL agenda but it's back again).
