Fascists rely upon the Sorelian Myth and the mobilization of war (whether literal or William James' "moral equivalent") to advance their agendas. Rahm Emmanuel echoed the fascism of the last century quite well...
"There are some splendid things that come to a nation through the discipline of war." -Woodrow Wilson"The war...made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times." -Adolf Hitler (to Joseph Goebbels)
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." -Rahm Emmanuel
Liberal fascism has been making inroads into this country for nearly a century, and three times already it has swept through leaving a path of destruction in its wake. This fourth wave once again threatens the very foundations of our nation, and unless we rise up and take action our nation will descend into totalitarianism and eventually tyranny.
Excellent post, Fru.
At its heart fascism is an economic system. It thrives by rewarding insider elites with public money. In Hitler’s era it was the Krupps, the Messerschmidts, etc. (Shindler’s List is an example of how that favoritism might have worked. Private gain at public expense.)
When problems arise, nazism has famously blamed scapegoats.
As mentioned, they make great gains in times of war or crisis (real or created.)
This brand of “Fascism from the Mind of Obama” has GE, GM, Chrysler, investment houses, and trial lawyers as the recipients of government largesse to the insider elites.
The problem with them (and hope for us) is that they’ve not really demonstrated any great competence, except for the trial lawyers.
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.” — Mussolini