> __________
>
>> The U.S. is indeed controlled by a facist regime.
>> see definition
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
>
>
I am dismayed by the fact that you acknowledge there are a number of  
elements of the fascist definition that fit the U.S. governance, and  
then proceed to say it is like night and day.  How does that  
follow ?   It is more like twilight in the long decline of the U.S.  
experiment to announce and protect the rights of individuals.  U.S.  
governance is also socialistic and imperialistic ; notwithstanding  
that those terms may also be considered slurs.  And do remember that  
Germany in the 1930s was a democracy.
IMHO [tm]  has always been a tongue-in-cheek acronym which really  
means IMPCO [tmn].

cc
disclaimer: { the above comments are the opinion of Cedric Chang and  
while he believes that they reflect reality, more mature and  
reflective intellects may take Cedric to task for being too many  
sigmas away from the mean on the bell curve. }


>
> The part of ther articel that is most appropriate [IMHO
> [tm]] in this context is
>
>          the term fascist is often a slur, used by adherents
> of
>         some ideologies to describe their opponents
>
> ie while there are a number of elements of the definition
> that match quite well, the difference between the current US
> system, notwithstanding it's apparent directions and the
> undoubted failings that it does have, and that implemented
> by eg Benito Musslini are as day and night respectively.
> While there are many in the US who may SEEK to be Fascist,
> who wish to be Fascist and who work against the directions
> of democracy as a whole, Mussolinis system had none of the
> remedies available to the US citizenry at present.
>
>
>
>         Russell
>
>
>
>
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