politics, mostly NP with a glance at Vineland

[Mike Weaver]

Otto:

>As long as books like Bob Woodward's ...can be published in the US I 
>don't think that this is an accurate description! Can you imagine 
>that this would have been possible in fascist Germany, Italy or 
>Spain in the Thirties?

Part of the problem with 'fascist' as an adjective is that the word 
has gained broader definition and variant meanings since the 
Thirties. This leads to tangential debates as advocates of tighter 
and slacker meanings go a few rounds on the relevance, accuracy and 
appropriateness of the word in the debate of the moment.

The question here could be phrased:  are the current developing forms 
of corporate/state control and authority in the US leading towards a 
society comparable to 1930s fascism. If so are we beyond the point 
where there is a way back, or is through the only way out?

Mike