Human nature and all societies are prone to swings in political-extremism, violence, collectivism and tyranny. The beauty of America was that besides clearly expressed notions on the natural rights of man, in simple, practical terms, we also had a limited and dispersed government. Tyranny/fascism/thought-control simply couldn’t muster enough power through the few channels of government to do much damage.
That’s no longer true. America’s empire has a huge bureaucratic apparatus increasingly regulating and corrupting every facet of daily life (and funded by printed money and debt). The framework is all in place, and the ideology is coming together. It will be no big thing to slip into a very nasty tyranny
Very well stated and all very true.
“...huge bureaucratic apparatus...The framework is all in place, and the ideology is coming together. It will be no big thing to slip into a very nasty tyranny.”
You nailed it. Without the apparatchiki class, none of this stuff could be happening.
Stalinism. It’s happening right before our eyes. And a people with no knowledge even of 20th century history—not very long ago— can’t see it.