Obama & Bradley Manning: Fascism Has Come to America

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Written by Chris Floyd
Saturday, 05 March 2011 01:58

A Nation Stripped Bare: Fascism Has Come to America

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It came right in the midst of your ordinary life, as you went to work -- or looked for work -- as you partied, as you courted, as you watched TV, as you worshipped, as you studied, as you played, as you went about the business of being human.

As you went about the business of being human, this inhuman thing has come. It has come in your name, wrapped in your flag, claiming your security as its raison d'etre.

And in the guise of a young, hip, educated progressive, it has just now declared that anyone who reveals any hidden evil committed by the fascist state is subject to prosecution for a capital crime. That's right. It has revealed that you -- you American citizen, you patriot, you believer in goodness and justice and genuine democracy -- you can be killed by the government if you tell the truth.

This is what the administration of President Barack Obama has demonstrated -- indeed, has proudly proclaimed -- in its treatment of the young man it is avowedly, openly torturing for telling the truth about American war crimes, Bradley Manning. There can be no mistaking the meaning, implications and import of Barack Obama's actions.

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I still have some cognitive dissonance over this case. Probably because the implications in this article are pretty overwhelming to face.

An elected government bought out by Kapital, invoking 'facts' chosen or fabricated by Kapital to support policy, and operating in the interest of Kapital meets more criteria of fascism.

The interests of nationalism and corporations to direct the energies of the nation.

Fascism definitions...this is a good start...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism


It is built around a general political idea of having everyone work with one will. The symbol of this ideology is borrowed from ancient Rome. That was quite a popular idea in general 120 years ago, even in the US where the symbol was stamped into the reverse of the Liberty head dime.

This man, right?

His treatment is both a moral abomination and a crime against humanity.