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Dr. Jai Maharaj
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Obamism and Neo-fascist America
By Steve McCann
American Thinker
americanthinker.com
Monday, August 10, 2015
The philosophical foundation of the American Left and the
Democratic Party is a proprietary hybrid of Fascism.
While in lockstep with the economic and political tenets
of Fascism, the unique feature of the current American
iteration is anti-nationalism as reflected in the belief
that the United States is the locus of malevolence in the
world as compared to militant nationalism of Italy and
Germany in the 1920's and 30's.
Sheldon Richman in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html
describes Fascism as follows:
As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a
capitalistic veneer.
Where socialism abolished all market relations
outright, fascism left the appearance of market relations
while planning all economic activities. Where socialism
abolished money and prices; fascism controlled the
monetary system and set all prices and wages politically.
Under fascism, the state, through official agencies,
controlled all aspects of manufacturing, commerce,
finance, and agriculture. Licensing was ubiquitous; no
economic activity could be undertaken without government
permission. Levels of consumption were dictated by the
state, and "excess" incomes had to be surrendered as
taxes or "loans".
The concept of a corporate state has been a staple of the
American Left since Franklin Roosevelt. It was FDR that
initiated the National Labor Relations Board to make the
Government the final arbiter in labor issues. The
National Recovery Act governed all aspects of
manufacturing and commerce and the Agricultural
Adjustment Act which introduced central planning to
agriculture. It is generally acknowledged today that
this approach by Roosevelt prolonged the Great Depression
by another five years. (Jonah Goldberg's masterpiece
Liberal Fascism convincingly demonstrates the fascist
roots of today's liberalism.)
Beginning in the 1960's the American Left, while
nominally in favor of Marxism, had as their foundational
tenets narcissism and rampant anti-Americanism. However,
as the societal and economic seeds of Fascism were
already planted and generally accepted by a sizable
segment of the populace, it was a short logical leap,
therefore, to become proponents of the economic and
political precepts of Marxism's closest cousin.
While the Fascism of Mussolini and Hitler incorporated
extreme nationalism, the proponents of the American
reincarnation believe that the United States, as founded,
is malevolent and should surrender its position as the
world's economic and military superpower by showing
deference to America's enemies and casting aside any
semblance of nationalism or uniqueness as penance for
both domestic and international "sins" of the past.
Barack Obama, steeped in the stew that is the unique
American version of Fascism since childhood, is the
poster child for its success in becoming the dominate
philosophy of the Democratic Party. He has, during his
two terms as President, been so successful in advancing
the tenets of this distinctive American political system
that it should be named after him. Obamism is the
confluence of the economic and political tenets of
Fascism and the narcissistic anti-Americanism of the
1960's.
The characteristics and current status of Obamism are as
follows:
A. Within Obamism ideology reigns supreme, and the
state not the individual is paramount. Thus the mindset
that produced the misanthropy of Planned Parenthood as
well as the squalor rampant in the ghettos of the urban
areas controlled by the Democratic Party. Totalitarianism
in the form of thought and speech control through threats
and intimidation has become epidemic and any lie or
fabrication is allowable in order to destroy a political
opponent. Additionally, as the United States is
historically a racist and bigoted country, the society
must be transformed through unfettered illegal
immigration, de facto reparations through wealth
redistribution, and re-education of the masses.
B. ObamaCare is not about health care, per se;
rather it is intended to dictate to individuals what
insurance they must buy, what health care they are
allowed to access, and ultimately what behavior is
acceptable -- all at the whim of a centralized
bureaucracy. The Dodd-Frank Bill, which has spawned
28,000 pages of regulations, firmly establishes the
concept of "too big to fail" for certain financial
institutions, thereby subjecting them to the absolute
control of the state while allowing, and in many cases
forcing, others to cease doing business, as well as
instituting lending and operating policies determined by
government regulators. The entire alphabet soup of
federal agencies, particularly the EPA and the IRS, have
become agents of the administration actively bypassing
Congress and writing laws and regulations in order to
either limit or to erode individual rights.
C. The Obama regime willfully ignores what laws they
deem to be inconvenient, all the while busily packing the
courts with like-minded proponents of Obamism. They have
set a precedent by throwing out the rule of law when it
comes to the rights of private investors by their actions
against the bondholders of Chrysler and General Motors.
They have chosen which businesses will succeed or fail by
the use of taxpayer financing and subsidies or the
arbitrary waving of rules and regulations.
D. A key characteristic of Fascist thinking is
rampant cronyism and corruption. Myopic capitalists,
forced to ingratiate themselves with the state, are
coerced into underwriting the election of those in power
in exchange for favorable government contracts and
avoidance of regulatory wrath. Much of Wall Street,
Hollywood, the Unions, major companies such as General
Electric, and the super-wealthy such as Warren Buffet and
various internet billionaires, are therefore willing to
sleep with those in power and be used as props in any
propaganda campaign initiated by the Democratic Party.
E. The Obama administration has, through the Justice
Department and other agencies, behaved exactly as many
quasi-fascist regimes in the past -- almost all of whom
have been governed by groups of friends and associates
who appoint each other to government positions and use
governmental power and authority to protect themselves
and their friends from accountability.
F. Barack Obama has traveled the world apologizing
for the United States and, in his view, its innumerable
failings of the past. He has gutted the Defense
Department and reneged on agreements with various allies
such as the Czech Republic, Poland and Israel. He has
become an apologist for many of America's adversaries
such as China, Iran and Cuba. His recent agreement with
Iran regarding nuclear weapons guarantees instability
through an inevitable nuclear arms race and eventual
conflict in the Middle East which will involve the United
States. It is apparent, through his actions, that he is
determined to recast America into being just another
nation on the world stage subject to global governance.
There are many conservative and a few mainstream pundits
that claim the Obama presidency is a failure. On the
contrary, it is the most ideologically successful
administration in the history of the United States. Far
exceeding what Franklin Roosevelt was able to accomplish
in his three full terms.
Within the army of Republican presidential candidates,
the vast majority are either ignorant of or refuse to
accept the reality of who the opponents are and the depth
to which the nation has sunk. The ultimate Republican
nominee must recognize who the enemy is, their tactics
and philosophical underpinning as well as the true depth
of how far the nation has fallen. That must be the
primary criteria in choosing a nominee.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/obamism_and_neofascist_america.html
More at:
American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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By Steve McCann
American Thinker
americanthinker.com
Monday, August 10, 2015
The philosophical foundation of the American Left and the
Democratic Party is a proprietary hybrid of Fascism.
While in lockstep with the economic and political tenets
of Fascism, the unique feature of the current American
iteration is anti-nationalism as reflected in the belief
that the United States is the locus of malevolence in the
world as compared to militant nationalism of Italy and
Germany in the 1920's and 30's.
Sheldon Richman in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html
describes Fascism as follows:
As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a
capitalistic veneer.
Where socialism abolished all market relations
outright, fascism left the appearance of market relations
while planning all economic activities. Where socialism
abolished money and prices; fascism controlled the
monetary system and set all prices and wages politically.
Under fascism, the state, through official agencies,
controlled all aspects of manufacturing, commerce,
finance, and agriculture. Licensing was ubiquitous; no
economic activity could be undertaken without government
permission. Levels of consumption were dictated by the
state, and "excess" incomes had to be surrendered as
taxes or "loans".
The concept of a corporate state has been a staple of the
American Left since Franklin Roosevelt. It was FDR that
initiated the National Labor Relations Board to make the
Government the final arbiter in labor issues. The
National Recovery Act governed all aspects of
manufacturing and commerce and the Agricultural
Adjustment Act which introduced central planning to
agriculture. It is generally acknowledged today that
this approach by Roosevelt prolonged the Great Depression
by another five years. (Jonah Goldberg's masterpiece
Liberal Fascism convincingly demonstrates the fascist
roots of today's liberalism.)
Beginning in the 1960's the American Left, while
nominally in favor of Marxism, had as their foundational
tenets narcissism and rampant anti-Americanism. However,
as the societal and economic seeds of Fascism were
already planted and generally accepted by a sizable
segment of the populace, it was a short logical leap,
therefore, to become proponents of the economic and
political precepts of Marxism's closest cousin.
While the Fascism of Mussolini and Hitler incorporated
extreme nationalism, the proponents of the American
reincarnation believe that the United States, as founded,
is malevolent and should surrender its position as the
world's economic and military superpower by showing
deference to America's enemies and casting aside any
semblance of nationalism or uniqueness as penance for
both domestic and international "sins" of the past.
Barack Obama, steeped in the stew that is the unique
American version of Fascism since childhood, is the
poster child for its success in becoming the dominate
philosophy of the Democratic Party. He has, during his
two terms as President, been so successful in advancing
the tenets of this distinctive American political system
that it should be named after him. Obamism is the
confluence of the economic and political tenets of
Fascism and the narcissistic anti-Americanism of the
1960's.
The characteristics and current status of Obamism are as
follows:
A. Within Obamism ideology reigns supreme, and the
state not the individual is paramount. Thus the mindset
that produced the misanthropy of Planned Parenthood as
well as the squalor rampant in the ghettos of the urban
areas controlled by the Democratic Party. Totalitarianism
in the form of thought and speech control through threats
and intimidation has become epidemic and any lie or
fabrication is allowable in order to destroy a political
opponent. Additionally, as the United States is
historically a racist and bigoted country, the society
must be transformed through unfettered illegal
immigration, de facto reparations through wealth
redistribution, and re-education of the masses.
B. ObamaCare is not about health care, per se;
rather it is intended to dictate to individuals what
insurance they must buy, what health care they are
allowed to access, and ultimately what behavior is
acceptable -- all at the whim of a centralized
bureaucracy. The Dodd-Frank Bill, which has spawned
28,000 pages of regulations, firmly establishes the
concept of "too big to fail" for certain financial
institutions, thereby subjecting them to the absolute
control of the state while allowing, and in many cases
forcing, others to cease doing business, as well as
instituting lending and operating policies determined by
government regulators. The entire alphabet soup of
federal agencies, particularly the EPA and the IRS, have
become agents of the administration actively bypassing
Congress and writing laws and regulations in order to
either limit or to erode individual rights.
C. The Obama regime willfully ignores what laws they
deem to be inconvenient, all the while busily packing the
courts with like-minded proponents of Obamism. They have
set a precedent by throwing out the rule of law when it
comes to the rights of private investors by their actions
against the bondholders of Chrysler and General Motors.
They have chosen which businesses will succeed or fail by
the use of taxpayer financing and subsidies or the
arbitrary waving of rules and regulations.
D. A key characteristic of Fascist thinking is
rampant cronyism and corruption. Myopic capitalists,
forced to ingratiate themselves with the state, are
coerced into underwriting the election of those in power
in exchange for favorable government contracts and
avoidance of regulatory wrath. Much of Wall Street,
Hollywood, the Unions, major companies such as General
Electric, and the super-wealthy such as Warren Buffet and
various internet billionaires, are therefore willing to
sleep with those in power and be used as props in any
propaganda campaign initiated by the Democratic Party.
E. The Obama administration has, through the Justice
Department and other agencies, behaved exactly as many
quasi-fascist regimes in the past -- almost all of whom
have been governed by groups of friends and associates
who appoint each other to government positions and use
governmental power and authority to protect themselves
and their friends from accountability.
F. Barack Obama has traveled the world apologizing
for the United States and, in his view, its innumerable
failings of the past. He has gutted the Defense
Department and reneged on agreements with various allies
such as the Czech Republic, Poland and Israel. He has
become an apologist for many of America's adversaries
such as China, Iran and Cuba. His recent agreement with
Iran regarding nuclear weapons guarantees instability
through an inevitable nuclear arms race and eventual
conflict in the Middle East which will involve the United
States. It is apparent, through his actions, that he is
determined to recast America into being just another
nation on the world stage subject to global governance.
There are many conservative and a few mainstream pundits
that claim the Obama presidency is a failure. On the
contrary, it is the most ideologically successful
administration in the history of the United States. Far
exceeding what Franklin Roosevelt was able to accomplish
in his three full terms.
Within the army of Republican presidential candidates,
the vast majority are either ignorant of or refuse to
accept the reality of who the opponents are and the depth
to which the nation has sunk. The ultimate Republican
nominee must recognize who the enemy is, their tactics
and philosophical underpinning as well as the true depth
of how far the nation has fallen. That must be the
primary criteria in choosing a nominee.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/obamism_and_neofascist_america.html
More at:
American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this
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material on this site is distributed without profit to
those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving
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tooly
Aug 12, 2015, 10:38:24 PM8/12/15
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First, confluence of definitions boggle our brains. The article makes good points and a convincing argument, but it remains hard to put those like Nazi's and Marxists under the same general camp as 'fascists' et. al. Prevailing sense of the matter was that these camps were opposite...polar adversaries. Of course, the OP points out that nationalism as professed by last centuries fascists was the difference.
Still, it remains 'unsatisfying' to throw these camps together under any pretense.
Second, we continue to 'not' get something right when we group together, once again, those like FDR with those like Obama, simply because they were 'liberal' or Democrats or whatever. Ideas may be similar in some ways, yet, there is an identifiable character that puts Obama in a 'league of his own'...while FDR remained 'part of the herd' [as it were].
JFK was a liberal too [although he argued some very conservative stances when it came to labor and fiscal responsibility].
Something has happened with Obama's election that sets this 'regime' apart from all else prior. It is the combination of Obama 'not liking' this country [it's foundations] coupled with his holy agenda to 'transform' us.
In the wild, it is imperative that creatures recognize predators and danger. Of course, one baboon can be challenged by another baboon for leadership...such that the FDR's, JFK's, Reagans, and Abaraham Lincoln's might have embraced. BUt it is quite another matter when a lion or tiger comes and tries to become 'head of state' as it were [or some creature that means harm more than help].
When Obama says he is 'transforming' us, we can be rest assured he means in some 'marxist' ideology. It is not just an ideology that is a natural 'predatorial' opposite to the 'laissez faire' foundations of the founders, or that our bill of rights expressed that founding 'mindset' that sought rules that people could protect themselves FROM government [not the other way around] as being again, opposite to that mindset those of Marxist lean would have...
...but it is a 'world view' emanating from some 'root' that the astutely aware can only 'recognize' by way of instinct...as that of a 'predator'; an enemy that is here not as a friend [though such appearance is conveyed], but absolutely as a cleverness out to destroy us under the appearance of that transformation.
I mean, what else do invading armies and navies really do, except 'transform' those they conquer [to whatever way of existence they find proper]. What those like Obama fail to explain to us, is that before one can 'transform', they must first 'tear down'.
Point here, no FDR, no JFK, no screaming liberal president before Obama ever had this essential IDENTIFYING character existing as the underlying 'heart' to what they were. We may not have agreed with FDR, JFK and others, but they remained in league with the nation at large; the people that make it up.
Obama is not like that. But the 'proof' only comes in the same way any creature in the forest recognizes who the 'enemy' is...by a deeper instinct for self preservation.
Unfortunately, Obama is so camouflaged, that one doubts many see him as he really is.
He is not in the same camp as FDR,JFK, or any other liberal or progressive president before him.
But then, the next question is 'what makes him different'? The answer to that is probably so disturbing not many will ask it any time soon.
Arindam Banerjee
Aug 13, 2015, 1:32:11 AM8/13/15
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I hope the next President will continue the trend.
Cheers,
Arindam Banerjee
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