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• Tuesday, March 31, 2009 05:41 PM

  DurianJoe, not meaning to debate posts in a thread but....

  You wrote:

  China is controlled by a fascist government with global ambitions. . . . We need to crush the evil bastards who run China. We cannot let China become the dominant world power, because their ideal government is Orwell's nightmare of a booted foot eternally smashing in someone's face.

  To put it bluntly, China is the Evil Empire, for real...

  Now I know you mean all of that (plus the rest that was omitted here) sincerely, but let me ask you something...

  If fascism is this...

  “The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.” - FDR

  ...then what is the United States of the 21st century if not fascist?

  You want to see boots smashing in faces? Take a look at the 2003 invasion and occupation of a foreign nation (think "Iraq") which presented no threat what so ever to the security of the United States. Try looking at the tactics that are now part and parcel of our para-military police force and the "war" on (some) drugs. Take a look at a nation (and that would be the United States) which engages in acts of torture and refuses to hold its "leaders" accountable under the law.

  You want to see Empire? Look around you. Empire, and I say fascist Empire at that, is us.

  —Roman Berry Read Roman Berry's other letters
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