The military-industrial-congressional complex won.
Trump no longer pretends that Congress can do oversight and blocks all of their requests. He has packed the Courts, but defied the Courts as well. His personal lawyer represents his interests, not the countries. Checks and balances are apparently no longer functioning. Billionaire Republicans despise democracy and suppress it in every way possible, suppress science, pander to religious right (but only Christians), refuse to acknowledge the necessity for a sustainable environment. This is US government by Republicans.
Fascism is a late stage of capitalism in which extreme income inequality places governing power in the hands of a few extremely wealthy individuals. Institutions are beholden to such government so media is purged to favor propaganda. Elections are rigged to favor minority rule.
Racism and religion are exploited using wedge issues like abortion, gender conformity. Political opponents and dissidents are punished.
Compare the attributes of Nazi Germany to those of present day US: a strong man head of state with a cult-like following, increasingly pandered to by his party, a heavily armed group of supporters, robust military expansion that sacrifices basic needs of the people, huge tax gifts to wealthy supporters from deficit spending of $1.5 trillion, even more wealth is extracted from people by allowing corporations to be unleashed, flagrant racism, right wing propaganda, and human rights abuse become normal.
The dictionary definition of fascism is rule by corporations. Given the universal surveillance that is part of all electronic communications, how is it possible to argue the US is not a Fascist state" and of course it is number one in nuclear armaments. Because Republicans support corporate supremacy, an authoritarian leader, deny the looming threat of climate change, and have started a new nuclear arms race. They are on a path for destruction. They are a suicide cult like Jim Jones, only for the entire planet. They brought Fascism home, we lost WWII.
Bernie �s proposals are remarkably similar to FDR �s: a living wage, health care for all, paid leave, free public Colleges, strong social supports. All good investments.
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