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an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production 0 0%
a form of government maintained by a state or country whose sovereignty is based on popular consent and whose governance is based on popular representation and control. Several definitions stress the importance of the rule of law as among the requirements 0 0%
an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator 1 16.67%
an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests inferior to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity, usually based on ethnic, religious, cultural, o 5 83.33%
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:30 PM
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What is Fascism?

Do you think America is going toward Fascism or Theocracy?
or both...Fascist Theocracy?

why or why not?
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What is Fascism?

Do you think America is going toward Fascism or Theocracy?
or both...Fascist Theocracy?

why or why not?
I don't think we are moving toward either so-called extreme. We aren't a theocracy and never will be, especially since the country is slowly moving more secular, and we aren't moving toward fascism because any dictation from the federal government can be reversed and lessened due to term limits and a new official stepping in. When Gerald Ford (may he rest in peace) took over for Richard "hidden liberal" Nixon (Or "shifty eyes", if you prefer), he found a list that Nixon created that was an enemy list (hit list, maybe). When he saw that and was told how Nixon operated, he said (I've been told) "If you need a list to keep track of your enemies, you have too many enemies." And he followed that by running his administration much different, regardless of political ideology, from the way Nixon ran his.

My point is that regardless of how you perceive that one president or administration is running things, changes can, have, and will come with the next president in office. That, in a way, is one balance of power in the government. I think that term limits help protect against extremes.
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The US Constitution differs with your last option concerning the "stateless" arguement -

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an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production
is that the one you wanted me to pick?
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What is Fascism?

Do you think America is going toward Fascism or Theocracy?
or both...Fascist Theocracy?

why or why not?
Fascism starts out as the first choice but eventually becomes the second choice just like communism

and America isn't going towards either side too quickly, although it is becoming more socialist with the Demcrats in power, and a possible 2008 presidency.
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