U.S. Trend Toward Fascism

I've written before, during G.W. Bush's reign about America's leaning toward Fascism--authoritarian corporations, an intrusive government, abduction of American citizen's and depriving them of due process of law, a Right leaning Supreme Court and judiciary--now it is pepper spraying by police of peaceful demonstrators, absolving local governments by State government where the local government is dismissed and city assets taken over by State government.  What is next?  The taking over of State and Local governments by the Federal Government?  Where does the arrogance of won power end? 

I've studied to some extent the Nazification of Germany and the abuse of power starts with the blatant assumption of power and the disregard for democratic process, such as the right to peaceful assembly and the voicing of dissent against those who are abusing them, taking over their rights.  Instead of racial discrimination those being set apart for ridicule and abuse are the poor and middle class.  It would seem that numbers should win out but history teaches us that a determined minority, one holding political power, can intimidate, beat into submission, persuade, hoodwink, a confused and dispirited public--as Goebbels would say, "the masses". 

The Right has found our "buttons" to push.  Ditto Heads pass on propaganda slogans and talking points passed down to them by propaganda mills and propagandists--so called Think Tanks headed by partisan academics and rich donators.  Pollsters interview and test the waters, finding which words or slogans that elicit positive or negative emotions.  Those words are then used against us in order to shift public opinion for goals that benefit the few rather than the many.  Propaganda works--look what happened to Germany.  A whole nation was sold a bill of goods and millions of persons paid the price.  A promising technological and industrial nation was totally destroyed.  Our populace today is toying with Fascism--looking away as our rights are being legislated away, as government agencies are coordinating efforts against a peaceful populace.  Police are coordinating strategizing nationwide and feel free to pepper spray passive resisters.  Occupy Wall Street should expand their efforts to include the steps of Congress, to make legislators aware that Congressional arrogance and disregard for the public welfare has future consequences--those voted in can be voted out. 

Occupy versus Tea Party

The main difference in activity between the Occupy movement and the Tea Party is that the Tea Party has a well oiled and healed Propaganda Machine working for it.  The Republicans/Conservatives have been promoting The Tea Party as a spontaneous movement when in fact it is mostly composed of Conservatives disassociated from the G.W. Bush flavored Republican Party.  The Republicans/Conservatives had to "create" a new party in order to escape the finger pointing from their own members and from the Left and Independents such as myself.  What with all the publicity by a gullible and self serving media and an opportunistic Right Wing hogging microphones and soap boxes at every opportunity a "new movement" was born; one without all the bad baggage attached to it. 

It appeared for a time that the Republican Party would never recover, but recover it has,as powerful, if not more powerful than before.  How is this possible?

Money and the influence it can buy is the main reason.  Like I have written in the past, "follow the money"  Money buys people's cooperation and efforts.  It buys the message; public opinion means votes in favor of those wielding the money.  If there is doubt, pay attention to allthe ads being bought by oil, gas, energy companies and others trying to buy good will and influence. 

The Occupy Movement has had very little coverage compared to the Tea Party coverage.  The Occupy message is not being articulated well by those engaged in it and by the media.  For instance, the Conservatives have "demonized" the Occupy movement by constantly referring to the movements members as being rapists and drug abusers, unwashed, hippies etc.  The Tea Party took a revolutionary symbol, Tea, as being their transfer symbol--a ploy to associate themselves with patriotism and therefore representatives of all Americans.  The Tea Party has been covered by the media in depth--but can this be said about the Occupy Movement?  Can a 99% sign stand up to a dangling tea bag?  Both movements demand government reform but which one is the most legitimate?  The Right has the full weight of the Right Wing propaganda machine behind it.  The Occupy movement has at best UTube.  Where are the Occupy Movement testimonials?  Who are the 99%?  Are they homeless, jobless, underpaid, down trodden, doctors, accountants, mechanics, carpenters, construction workers, auto workers, and generally just fed-up? 

To Occupy or Not to Occupy, that is the questiion

The Occupy movement must communicate with the public or wither away as just another phenomenon.  They are communicating amongst themselves but the public has very little idea of progress being made, if any is being made.  No spokesmen or women is speaking to the public on what the demands are.  For a movement to be a movement there must be wrongs to be righted, in specific terms.  Demands for regulation of banking and the stock market for instance.  No manipulation of stocks, hedge funds, derivatives etc.  Why does a barrel of oil go for over $100 per barrel?  Why aren't alternative fuels and energy being promoted by our government when it is obvious that soon we will be coming up short in oil production?  Yes, we have lots of oil but when you consider humans use 24 billion barrels of the stuff each year and demand grows at over 1.25% each year it will be used up in 35 years--and have shortages in 15 to 20 years from now.  The U.S. uses up 7 billion barrels of oil each year and has proven reserves in the ground of only 21 billion--that's three years worth. 
We need more transparency in government and business.  Decisions behind closed doors effect us all and in a democracy everyone should have a voice.  When police attack demonstrators in the middle of the night, jabbing with nightsticks, spraying faces with pepper spray that is not democracy but the arrogance of tyranny. 
It is not enough to occupy space.  There must be a voice to a movement and above all goals.  Where is that voice?