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وطنيون بالاسم فقط

Jan 25, 2023 Richard K. Sherwin

نيويورك ــ في عام 1787، كتب توماس جيفرسون أن "شجرة الحرية يجب أن تُـروى من حين إلى آخر بدماء الوطنيين والطغاة". لكن السؤال المتكرر في السياسة، وخاصة في ما يتعلق بالاتحاد الأميركي المشحون في بداية عام 2023، هو من ينتمي إلى أي من الفئتين.

في الكونجرس المنتخب في نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني الماضي، حَـصَـدَ الجمهوريون مكاسب كبيرة بتهديد محاولة كيفين مكارثي شغل منصب رئيس مجلس النواب الأميركي. في مقابل أصواتهم، وافق أعضاء كتلة الحرية، وهي أقلية مؤيدة لدونالد ترمب بشدة، على تعيينات في أقوى لجان مجلس النواب، حيث سيتحكمون في الأجندة على مدار العامين القادمين.

بوسع الأميركيين أن يتوقعوا بالفعل ما سيحدث. يسيطر الديمقراطيون على مجلس الشيوخ والرئاسة، لكن المهيجين الجمهوريين المفوضين حديثا لن يسعوا إلى التسوية. في غياب أي فرصة لتحول التشريع الذي يرعاه الجمهوريون إلى قانون، سيكون شغل مجلس النواب الراديكالي الشاغل الانخراط في مشهد حزبي محض.

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Mirek Fatyga Jan 25, 2023

The real question is, will the resurgence of Fascism in the West succeed and turn the XXIst Century into the nuclear holocaust?

The Republican party has reached a dead end in terms of her economic policies after selling fairy tales about free lunch for half a century which produced large public debt, comparable to post WW2 debt without actually fighting WW2. Deregulation frenzy produced volatile financial markets that create periodic, severe financial crises which have to be dealt with through desperate interventions by the central bank. To be sure, Democrats became willing collaborators at some point, most notably Bill Clinton, but the ideological impetus came from the Republicans. This combines with external pressures imposed on the world economy by the world population growth which creates growing resource scarcity, pressuring living standards.

The response of the Republican party to the adverse consequences of their own actions has been to turn to Fascism and political corruption, to stay in power without having to admit failure or initiate course correction.

Fascism is a political method of controlling societies through deliberate incitement of emotion. It is as simple as A-B-C. A- find a scapegoat. B-incite fear of A through propaganda, C- present yourself as a savior from A. Threats abound in the Republican world. Liberals (aka libtards), LGBTQ, Mexican rapists, Other than White, Globalist Elite (also known as the Jews), Deep State in service of Globalist Elites, the works. Fox News is a classic example of a propaganda arm, likely the closest thing to Volkischer Beobachter this country has ever had, at least in the modern era. Below it are more illustrious outfits, some of them crossing into the Der Sturmer territory, possibly with similar results if this phenomenon is allowed to flourish. T-shirts with bodies falling out of helicopters are not for amusement but a primer for violence emanating from these sources.

For completeness:

Democracy is the opposite of Fascism. Democracy represents a commitment to govern societies through rational argument. The role of the political class in this system is to dampen emotion and to create internal mechanism for eliminating demagogues. Democracy is often associated with elections, but elections are just a necessary, minimum condition. If the fascist deterioration progresses too far elections do go away, but they can persist throughout the process of fascist deterioration, perhaps making the diagnosis more confusing.

Fascism is raising its head throughout the Western World for two primary reasons: economic pressures combined with generational amnesia. It is up to us to both re-educate ourselves, educate our fellow citizens, and oppose fascist deterioration at every turn. To do this, we need to first develop moral clarity. Fascism is the manifestation of worst evils that humans have to offer, it is anti-American and thus quintessentially unpatriotic in this society. Since Fascism abuses religion to its evil ends, we have to try to engage with people who have actual faith. Abuse of religion for political purpose is Blasphemy and Idolatry, rolled into one with mammon worship. Criminalization of abortion is not a defense of innocent children but religious persecution of women by the State, a direct violation of the First Amendment. So called religious freedom is an attempt to impose religion on those who do not wish to have one or have a religion that the majority does not like. Etc.

US is clearly heading in the direction of South America, if we are lucky. If we are unlucky, the nuclear armed, Fascist US could cause a nuclear war. Fascism is rarely isolationist when it captures a major state. At the very least, our kids will be living in some cross between Argentina and Brazil, permanently in crisis, with decaying economy, going from one corruption scandal to the next ,with most of the actual corruption hidden safely under the surface.
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