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JanMichael

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7. Yeah and Politico said fascism couldn't happen in American in 2018
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:52 AM
Apr 1

This article in Politico is not aging well:

No, Fascism Can’t Happen Here - POLITICO Magazine

"My argument is pretty simple: American fascism cannot happen anymore because the American government is so large and unwieldy. It is simply too hard for the fascists, or for that matter other radical groups, to seize control of. No matter who is elected, the fascists cannot control the bureaucracy, they cannot control all the branches of American government, they cannot control the judiciary, they cannot control semi-independent institutions such as the Federal Reserve, and they cannot control what is sometimes called “the deep state.” The net result is they simply can’t control enough of the modern state to steer it in a fascist direction."

Umm yes they can. Amazingly enough the Doge nazis have crippled several departmental bureaucracies with mass firings. They are ignoring the courts. They do have all three branches of government (House, Senate and White House) and the Supreme Court. The Kennedy Center is a "semi-independent non-profit organization" and look at it. The Fed might be next. It looks like the US is literally a House of Cards. Who knew? So much for a deep state that defends itself. If it existed this little experiment in destruction would be black bagged.

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