Remember that Hitler's rise to power was supported in no small part by his promise — which he kept — to put the German people back to work.
If the right-wing and Republican party can successfully merge the eliminationist narrative of purity — we must purge the corruption of liberalism and socialism and restore our pure American values — with the story that the Republicans can succeed in putting America back to work where the Democrats have failed, they will win handily in 2010 and 2012. The Republicans await only the emergence of a leader as disciplined, focused, and most importantly pitiless as Hitler. They lack only the will, not the opportunity.
Remember too that Hitler did not have a majority of popular support, but his minority was, like him, disciplined, focused and ready to do what was necessary. The Christian fascists are just as disciplined, just as focused, and just as ready to do the job, however dirty. They lack only leadership.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
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The Christian fascists are just as disciplined, just as focused, and just as ready to do the job, however dirty. They lack only leadership.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. Their *leadership* may be disciplined, focused, and dirty, but the vast bulk of the christianist rank and file are lazy, stupid, physically decrepit morons.
I think you're wrong, CPP: the rank and file will show up to vote, and they'll definitely show up en masse when it comes time for torches and pitchforks.
ReplyDeleteMost importantly, they're not going to fracture their support for their mainstream leadership. The christianist "splinter groups" are small, and they are working far better with their own "mainstream" than the leftists are.
You mean, lazy like rallying around an election to put a dirtbag republican into a senate position that had been held by a democrat for 50 years?
ReplyDeleteOr how about stupid like being intellectually dishonest, like faux news, fooling the general and ACTUAL stupid public into thinking that the left is the devil, communist, socialist (which are contradictions) and succeeding at it?
Or physically decrepit like any number of brainless jarheads that could break you or myself like a twig if we ever crossed paths?
Um, you seriously underestimate the other side and that's very dangerous.