Not crony capitalism, but fascism. This is the sort of thing Hitler and Mussolini did.
“Not crony capitalism, but fascism.”
Is there a difference? I thought crony capitalism was a polite (or at least modern) term for fascism. Money dances to the power of whomever holds the levers of power (or more precisely whomever holds the guns).
This is *exactly what Hitler and Mussolini did. And the U.S. is rapidly approaching the level of government control of private industry seen in Venezuela.
I had a moment of clarity last night that really shook me - and it wasn’t the first time. Just the strongest. This is not a Sinclair Lewis novel (”It Can’t Happen Here”), nor a Bizarro World comic. It’s real. It’s here. It’s in OUR country. Now. And God help us, it’s going to be the fight of our lives to save the shining city on the hill.
I know the Founders may have been too modest to see what a brilliant collection of minds and hearts they were. Who’s to say that millions of Americans who see that we’re at this critical juncture in our history are not collected for a renewal of that founding? We CAN’T step away, turn away. It’s our obligation as Americans to preserve this miracle of liberty.
Now is not the time to be a “summer soldier or the sunshine patriot.” The statement upthread is exactly correct - the United States of America is the prize of tyrants everywhere. They can’t have it.
“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.” - Ronald Wilson Reagan