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Madeline Albright: Fascism currently poses its most serious threat since the end of WW2
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:26 pm
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On April 28, 1945 — 73 years ago — Italians hung the corpse of their former dictator Benito Mussolini upside down next to a gas station in Milan. Two days later, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker beneath the streets of war-ravaged Berlin. Fascism, it appeared, was dead.
To guard against a recurrence, the survivors of war and the Holocaust joined forces to create the United Nations, forge global financial institutions and — through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — strengthen the rule of law. In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and the honor roll of elected governments swelled not only in Central Europe, but also Latin America, Africa and Asia. Almost everywhere, it seemed, dictators were out and democrats were in. Freedom was ascendant.
Today, we are in a new era, testing whether the democratic banner can remain aloft amid terrorism, sectarian conflicts, vulnerable borders, rogue social media and the cynical schemes of ambitious men. The answer is not self-evident. We may be encouraged that most people in most countries still want to live freely and in peace, but there is no ignoring the storm clouds that have gathered. In fact, fascism — and the tendencies that lead toward fascism — pose a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War II.
Warning signs include the relentless grab for more authority by governing parties in Hungary, the Philippines, Poland and Turkey — all United States allies. The raw anger that feeds fascism is evident across the Atlantic in the growth of nativist movements opposed to the idea of a united Europe, including in Germany, where the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland has emerged as the principal opposition party. The danger of despotism is on display in the Russia of Vladimir Putin — invader of Ukraine, meddler in foreign democracies, accused political assassin, brazen liar and proud son of the K.G.B. Putin has just been re-elected to a new six-year term, while in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, a ruthless ideologue, is poised to triumph in sham balloting next month. In China, Xi Jinping has persuaded a docile National People’s Congress to lift the constitutional limit on his tenure in power.
Around the Mediterranean, the once bright promise of the Arab Spring has been betrayed by autocratic leaders, such as Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt (also just re-elected), who use security to justify the jailing of reporters and political opponents. Thanks to allies in Moscow and Tehran, the tyrant Bashar al-Assad retains his stranglehold over much of Syria. In Africa, the presidents who serve longest are often the most corrupt, multiplying the harm they inflict with each passing year. Meanwhile, the possibility that fascism will be accorded a fresh chance to strut around the world stage is enhanced by the volatile presidency of Donald Trump.
If freedom is to prevail over the many challenges to it, American leadership is urgently required. This was among the indelible lessons of the 20th century. But by what he has said, done and failed to do, Mr. Trump has steadily diminished America’s positive clout in global councils.
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:28 pm to Bench McElroy
Albright's policies look and sound more like fascism than Trump. How do you justify this?
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:29 pm to Bench McElroy
The radical left using violence to shut down views they don't agree with is textbook fascism. Does she mention that?
This post was edited on 4/7/18 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:29 pm to Bench McElroy
Hmm, I really thought this was going to be about the left, the Antifas, the anti-second Amendment fascists, but it was just more crap....
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:29 pm to Bench McElroy
Agreed. The militant left continues their quest to oppress voices of opposition.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:30 pm to Bench McElroy
Whomever wrote that crap is projecting pretty bad when they claim Trump is the neo fascist.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:33 pm to Bench McElroy
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Madeline Notsobright
FIFY
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:34 pm to Bench McElroy
Sanctimony masquerading as wisdom. What we see is the realization that reliance on the Globalism she champions results in societal chaos , mass murder and failed states. That’s the lesson of Bush/Obama Inc.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:37 pm to Dale51
So anything she doesn’t like is Fascism. Just another attempt to link Trump and everything else to Nazis.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:40 pm to Bench McElroy
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most people in most countries still want to live freely and in peace
OK. How has Trump actually diminished these?
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:41 pm to Bench McElroy
How do people this fricking blind rise to any sort of position of power in this country?
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:43 pm to Bench McElroy
Fascism is the least of Europe’s problems.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:43 pm to Dale51
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Whomever wrote that crap is projecting pretty bad when they claim Trump is the neo-fascist.
Progressives always show their hand...without fail, they are quilty of doing the very thing they accuse their opposition of doing.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:44 pm to Bench McElroy
She needs to die just as quick as any of these evil sons of bitches
Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:58 pm to biglego
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So anything she doesn’t like is Fascism. Just another attempt to link Trump and everything else to Nazis.
Pretty much so. These leftists are amazing, in a creepy, ignorant zombie kinda way. They advocate shutting down anyone who voices a counter view to theirs, would like to control which words are "acceptable" to use, force idiotic psychological aberrations like "transgender" on everyone else, mandate revisionist history be taught in schools and universities, demand everyone accept long ago debunked ideologies like the "danger of climate change", etc, etc,...but to even question any of these make the person a "fascist".
This is a very dangerous mental illness, imo.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 7:02 pm to gthog61
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How do people this fricking blind rise to any sort of position of power in this country?
Nancy Pelosi...frickin' Nancy Pelosi was the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States of America. A frickin' life long slimy, anti American communist was elected POTUS. Let that sink in for a minute.
This post was edited on 4/7/18 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 4/7/18 at 7:06 pm to Bench McElroy
She sounds like every other modern communist piece of shite.
Basically "Anything that isn't communism is fascism "
Basically "Anything that isn't communism is fascism "
Posted on 4/7/18 at 7:10 pm to SCLibertarian
Albright would have gladly followed Hitler
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