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>From where I'm sitting, looks like the Tower card (atu XVI) in the Crowley/Harris deck. Like a war machine devouring itself.
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From: Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>
> 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 
>