[christibe]

Recently I, through some free-writing, came to the idea that fascism can be American, and that it is today in fact true.

My question is that if America relies on the principles of democracy and rights as expressed in the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, then any government elected would be following the rules and would be 'American'.

There is no proof that the elections held 2000-2006 were tampered with. I may personally believe that to be the case, as may many other people, but lacking proof we are unable to assert it as truth.

So, we have a democratically elected representative government in place.

Given this, and the definition of fascism being authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity, usually based on, but not limited to, ethnic, cultural, or racial attributes.

Have we elected a fascist government, considering that our government desires to promote the USA as being the greatest nation, the legislation proves that individual rights regarding property are subordinate to the needs of the government, and has used the 9/11 tragedies to tie us together in a secnario of us vs. the terrorists, and by consequence, the practice of the religion of Islam.

I have many other points, but those are controversial and I only want to elicit response that considers Americanism literally and without subjective opinion.

I want to know if Americanism is defined by the times, or by the Constitution. But, if an elected government can either deny the Constitution, or can use Congress to reshape the Constitution, then the new understanding of the Constitution will hold as being true, and therefore, 'American'.

So, does the current trend of the United States at any time define what Americanism is, or, is Americanism only defined by the actual words and meaning of the original Constitution? (Then, would the Amendments 11-end be 'UnAmerican'?)

America is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Since we elected the government, and the majority of the People have not formally questioned the policies, then we accept it as representation of our desires. Even if these practices are contradictory to the ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people as granted through inalienable rights, since the People accept them, it must be American.

So, is Americanism whatever the current People hold as American, or, is Americanism something that cannot be changed.

So then, would fasicsm ever be American, or would fascism always exist as a coup?

Thoughts?


I believe that currently we have fascism, and since nobody challenges it, fascism has become Americanism regardless of the Constitution. And I believe that the system of checks and balances itself have created this conundrum. Since the majority rules and the minority has rights, but those rights cannot overthrow the rule of the majority, that we cannot overthrow the fascist government since it was elected on a majority. I have other examples of how checks and balances led to this.