This section says it all:
Sec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment in peacetime and in times of national emergency. The domestic industrial and technological base is the foundation for national defense preparedness. The authorities provided in the Act shall be used to strengthen this base and to ensure it is capable of responding to the national defense needs of the United States.“
This uses national defense as a cover for directing the whole economy “in peacetime and in times of national emergency” through the functionaries listed in the rest of the decree. This is the most outrageous grasp for power by the Federal Government since the NRA (National Recovery Administration) of the 1930s.
Truly, this is Zwangswirtschaft {directed or forced economy) Nazi-style. No longer should we be discussing whether 0 is a radical, a socialist, or a communist. Now he could just as well be called a fascist.
It is amazing that the news media have not reacted to this. I am serious: even the usual suspects (NBC, CBS, ABC, NYTimes, &c) should be wondering about this. Needless to say, what if Bush had issued a decree like this?
Compared to 0, Hitler was in some ways a moderate. At least Hitler had a plebiscite to ratify his rule: it was run in a one-sided way, with little opposition allowed, but nonetheless — by contrat, 0 is not even observing the amenities.
Individuals may or may not be good. Groups are always evil.