Oh NOW I understand why Elspode feels the nation is fascist

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On the assumption that you are not responding to UG, but rather are engaging in commentary about the United States ... (if I'm wrong, please just ignore this post, thank you.)

Originally Posted by headsplice

Let's see:
Strong, centralized government under one authority (the Executive)? Check.

Last time I checked they hadn't shut down the Judicial and Legislative Branches.

Get back to me after the state of emergency is declared after the Reichstag burns down.

Belligerent nationalism? Check.

Anti-Nationalism is much more belligerent. When was the last time that a bunch of patriotic guys waving flags threw a newspaper box through a Starbucks window?

Stringent social and economic controls? Not yet, but we're on the way.

While I have problems with paying farmers not to grow cotton or corn, and the Federal Reserve (which is neither Federal nor does it have Reserves of anything) as far as I can tell prices still react to supply and demand for the most part.