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April 26, 2008 at 01:56:28

Bush, Fascism, and the Military Industrial Complex

by Robert R. Regl     Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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I first became concerned about the direction in which George W. Bush was taking the country in 2002 as he was beating the drums for war against Iraq. Before then, although I disagreed with him on many issues, I accepted his presidency as off course, but legitimate.

By late 2003, as his infernal crusade crumbled into a quagmire, it dawned on me that he was a war-mongering sociopath.

At that time a friend of mine, a retired career military man, voiced his concern that, under Bush, America was becoming a fascist nation. Until then, I hadn’t thought of Bush in those terms, but his actions since have convinced me that America has indeed embraced many of the attributes of fascism.

In the Spring, 2003 issue of Free Inquiry, political scientist, Dr. Lawrence Britt, compared the regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto, and Pinochet and identified 14 characteristics common to those fascist regimes:

1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism (super-patriotism)

2. Disdain for the importance of human rights

3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause

4. The supremacy of the military (avid militarism)

5. Rampant sexism

6. A controlled mass media

7. Obsession with national security

8. Religion and ruling elite tied together

9. Power of corporations protected (corporate supremacy)

10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated

11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts

12. Obsession with crime and punishment

13. Rampant cronyism and corruption

14. Fraudulent elections

Under the Bush/Cheney regime, to some degree, each of these 14 points has become increasingly evident.

America is devolving into a government of, by and for the military-industrial complex rather than the people, i.e. fascism.

 

Bob is a retired engineer and lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He contributed significantly to the post-Challenger redesign of the solid rocket boosters for the space shuttle.
He has taught engineering at several universities and was involved in the design of Offshore platforms.
Since retiring his main activity has become writing directed at ridding America of its fascist president and the right-wing corporatism he represents.

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