SAY, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT? “It’s hard to escape the conclusion that antiwar activity in the United States and around the world was driven as much by antipathy to George W. Bush as by actual opposition to war and intervention.” Well, the corpse is twitching a bit today, but yeah.
Every time someone reads this blog an angel gets its wings. - Zuzu, the Elder
Monday, March 21, 2011
This is why I call it fascism - anti-war seems to have been monstly anti-Bush/anti-Republican
Fascism is a philosophy of power: it places the acquisition and exercise of political power above all other human endeavors. Thus for the fascist, there is no 'right' or 'true' political position save one that increases the fascist's access to the levers of power. This is on display today as millions of erstwhile 'anti-war' activists are making like crickets. Yes, there are protests from the reliable (and principled, non-fascist, albeit deranged) pacifists and hard leftists. But the power left across the globe is either whooping up the intervention or remaining studiously silent. Contrast this with the hysteria in Wisconsin over changes to state employee status that would still leave them with more privileges than Federal workers have. In Wisconsin, the fascists' power was threatened so no effort was too strenuous. In a leftist led war scenario? Not so much. History is a great teacher, isn't she?
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