Pseudo-fascism

Geoff pointed me in the direction of David Neiwert’s blog this morning. I haven’t had a great deal of time to peruse it, but my eye was caught by the first instalment of a six-part article entitled The Rise of Pseudo Fascism.

I urge you to read this. It’s not very long and it very eloquently addresses an important concern: the American neo-conservatives are not conservative at all. They are radical and extreme, and their movement has taken on many of the tenets of fascism. Only a few key elements are still absent, which is why the author talks of pseudo-fascism, as opposed to the real thing.

I won’t bother paraphrasing or quoting chunks of the article here; it’s better that you simply read it for yourself and think about the issues raised, especially if you are an American citizen or a resident of the US. This lays bare the tactics being used to demonise all who oppose the so-called conservative movement’s agenda, branding dissenters as weak and un-American.