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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The really dangerous American fascist...
is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power... They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.
New York Times, April 9, 1944
Henry A Wallace, 33rd Vice President (1941-1945)
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"The really dangerous American fascist... (Original Post)
Thomas Hurt
May 2020
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)1. K&R
2naSalit
(86,612 posts)2. K&R
cayugafalls
(5,640 posts)3. K & R
ZZenith
(4,122 posts)4. Fucking A. A more concise or accurate description I've not encountered.
Fascistus Americanus is a dreadful species.
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)5. That is a quotation I am copying and saving. Thank you for posting it.
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)6. K&R Thanks for posting.
NBachers
(17,110 posts)7. Let's set this as the guideline for our choice of Biden's vice president.
And you know what? Elizabeth Warren is the voice I could most hear making this statement.
I've been resistant to advocating for her, because she's needed in the Senate, and I don't want to lose her seat. But she seems most aligned with the spirit of Wallace's statement.
Poiuyt
(18,123 posts)8. Henry Wallace wrote a longer essay on American fascism
The guy really knew what was going on:
https://truthout.org/articles/the-dangers-of-american-fascism/
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)9. We have met the enemy and it is the Grotesque Orange Pustule.
That's GOP and its current "leader".
brer cat
(24,565 posts)10. K&R
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)11. Kick