Lets call a spade a spade, the NeoCons are FASCISTS by definition.

[Melodybe]

Fascism:

The word Fascism has a dual origin. It comes in part from the word 'fasces', a bundle of rods round an axe carried by the magistrates in ancient Rome as a symbol of power and authority. It comes also from the Italian word, fascio, meaning band or group. The basic concept of Fascism, as elaborated by Mussolini, was that the State was absolute before which individuals and groups were all relative.


Politically, to the Fascists, parliamentary democracy could only lead to inefficiency and corrupt government; and so the whole parliamentary system must be discarded. In the words of Mussolini, national strength was conceived qualitatively and not quantitatively. For the strength of the nation, it should be ruled by a well-disciplined party elite, which, under the guidance of an inspired and unquestioned leader, would restore order and stability for the nation and lead it forward to greatness.


Economically, Mussolini preferred state control to laissez faire. Labour and capital must work together under the direction of the state.


Socially, Mussolini condemned Marxism for dividing the nation into classes and causing class war which would sap the strength of a nation. Thus he demanded that the people should subject themselves to the absolute authority of the state. People could find their own worth only when they were serving the state. As a result, freedom of assembly and thinking were wiped out in Italy.


In foreign policy, since Fascism promised national glory, it was natural for Mussolini to adopt an expansionist foreign policy from the beginning of his rule. Mussolini's ultimate goal was to revive the glories of the old Roman Empire.


In short, a Fascist state was a totalitarian state, controlling all the political, economic and social activities of its people. Mussolini always proclaimed, "Everything within the state, nothing against the state, nothing outside the state." The masses should only "believe, obey and fight."

If that is not Bushco, I'll eat my hat.

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. well you could argue that they are laissez faire to the core...

but in reality, they are owned by the corporations which have assumed the role of the state..

What we have now is more like a monarchy with a useless congress...

[Solon]

2. Actually I would say the reverse...

Neo-Cons do NOT want the State to have power over the Corporation, but for the Corporation to have power over the State. This could be much much worse, more like libertarianism on steroids.

[ronatchig]

3. Mussolini also

described fascism as corporatism.
I would argue that it is far more than the neo cons currently in power in Washington that are fascist in nature (if not in fact). Congress is little more than groups of corporate interests vieing for supremacy to the detriment of the true sovereigns (the people).

The courts consistently limit the freedoms of non-corporate interests by upholding corps rights as persons without the responsibilities of citizenship.

in this state (NC) there is an ongoing movement to relieve corps. of the burden of taxation along with out and out bribery to entice them them to move their facilities here(or to entice them to keep their work here.

The police at most levels have become cult-like(or gang-like) in their under the radar tactics.

In short, Fascism is well ensconced in this country and has been for a long while now. To think that merely stripping the neo-cons of power will survice to end fascism in this country is wrong. The people of this country have basically accepted the rule of corporatism and forsaken their rights as free beings with the responsibilities and dangers of that freedom.