Comments on: Sorry, Congressman, but Fascism Didn’t Work that Way

By: cheyenne

cheyenne — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:06:55 +0000

In an oblique way, suffrage went out the window. More directly, power was simply transferred away from average citizens and towards rich folk.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:46:01 +0000

The flow of cash into "campaign coffers" is still as regulated as it was before. What is less regulated is how much anyone can spend on their own political speech.

Also, Fascism is an actual thing with an actual definition. It does matter what we call Fascist. We can not simply bend the word to mean "political stuff we don't like".

Also, what rights went away because of the Citizens United case?

By: cheyenne

cheyenne — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:01:14 +0000

I take issue with your distinction between regulated and unregulated re: the flow of cash. Strictly speaking, all other regulations still stand but the one saying there was a limit of the amount of cash ('regulation' defined!) obviously has been struck.

Which wags which, the corporation or the despot, hardly matters to the middle class or working poor, let alone the desperately poor. Fascism is fascism. It's pretty easy to see its march step by step. This right goes away, then that right; power gets concentrated further and further by allowing the rich to get richer and the people to get poorer (and less educated). Nixon would be horrified.