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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Living Under Fascism
This was written in 2004 but is still relevent (unfortunately) and bears repeating.

Living Under Fascism by David Loehr

One man who has been tireless in his investigations and critiques of America’s slide into fascism is Michael C. Ruppert, whose postings usually read as though he is wound way too tight. But he offers four pieces of advice about what we can do now, and they seem reality-based enough to pass on to you. This is America; they’re all about money:

  • First, he says you should get out of debt.
  • Second is to spend your money and time on things that give you energy and provide you with useful information.
  • Third is to stop spending a penny with major banks, news media and corporations that feed you lies and leave you angry and exhausted.
  • And fourth is to learn how money works and use it like a (political) weapon — as he predicts the rest of the world will be doing against us. (from http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/110504_snap_out.shtml)

That’s advice written this week. Another bit of advice comes from sixty years ago, from Roosevelt’s Vice President, Henry Wallace. Wallace said, “Democracy, to crush fascism internally, must...develop the ability to keep people fully employed and at the same time balance the budget. It must put human beings first and dollars second. It must appeal to reason and decency and not to violence and deceit. We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.”

This is a powerful and very thought-provoking piece. I hope you will go read it.
Written at 12:50 PM by Lynne.
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