On the Road to Fascism

Well - I never promised that this would be just about education.

I found this article on AlterNet to be just what I've been thinking over the past few years. Fascism is rearing its ugly head in our own country. The sad fact is that it seems to have taken way too long for folks - anyone - to realize what is happening. But perhaps that is just what happens when fascism takes hold. It isn't seen or recognized for what it is. I also wonder if all of the right-wing hard core folks realize that what they are doing is leading us down the road to fascism of if they actually believe that democracy can be enforced. But again, it may be part of the recipe that those on the right actually believe that they are working to support democracy and don't realize that they are actually moving the country away from what makes us thrive.

The post provides an excellent overview of the historical research on fascism and how the US is closely approaching the point of no return. It doesn't seem like we are at this point, but just like the frog in a pot of boiling water, or the folks that go suckered into years of Madoff's lying, the truth is always in front of one's face - it just takes a different perspective to see that truth.