The New Fascism: Coopting the Nationalist Meme for Globalist Ends

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The New Fascism: Coopting the Nationalist Meme for Globalist Ends
By Deena Stryker
OpEdNews Op Eds 2/25/2014 at 16:41:53

Events in different parts of the globe strongly suggest that we must revisit 20th century history. We think of Fascism as a passing phenomenon that was vanquished in the Second World War, leaving us to cope with the equally dangerous threat of Communism. Alas, we must put that illusion to rest, for only by realizing that Fascism never died can we make sense of today's news.

I had begun to suspect this last summer when it became clear that the United States was supporting "pro-capitalist' Islamists. The crisis in Greece added another brick to my as yet small edifice: why was Germany making out inordinately well from bailing out that country? Following on Wikileaks revelations about private security firms such as Blackwater, whose techniques recall those of Stormtroopers, Edward Snowden's leaks exposed the electronic tracking of the world's communications that make the Gestapo (and Stasi) look like amateurs.

But it is with the Ukrainian "revolution' that we have the most blatant proof that globalization and fascism go hand in hand. Europeans wonder how Bruxelles can afford to bail out a non-member of the Union when Spain, Portugal and Greece are still mired in 20-50% unemployment. The answer discloses a painful reality: Western governance is not about striving for the best possible life for the most people, but about securing Louis XIV lifestyles for the global elite.

Seen in that light, the determination to draw Ukraine into the EU (first as a long-term guest) is about enrolling its citizens' delusions of (European) grandeur in the NATO effort to prevent Russia from posing a serious threat to U.S.-led globalization. It's as if the West had had to take a detour on its path to global, fascist domination to deal with the Soviet Union, and is now picking up where it left off after defeating its competitor on that path, Nazi Germany. A few left-wing Europeans are warning of Fascism again threatening the Old Continent, but as in the United States, their voices are drowned out by those of officialdom.

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1. I heard Ukraine described as 45 million mostly poor people..

Europeans wonder how Bruxelles can afford to bail out a non-member of the Union when Spain, Portugal and Greece are still mired in 20-50% unemployment.