We can't let that happen. Do not let them take away your power.*
The measure of wealth in a civilized nation is not the currency accumulated by the lucky few, but rather the strength and resonance of social relations and the bonds of reciprocity that connect all people in common purpose.
After all, Germany was a state where
the law rested on a firm foundation, where a majority in parliament was opposed
to Hitler, and where every citizen believed that “his liberty and equal rights
were secured by the solemnly affirmed constitution.”
It becomes clear that the
installation of a fascist government will not be a revolution or coup d'état; rather,
the groundwork for fascism has already been constructed in the ideological
worldviews of the majority of Americans.
The riposte to the claim that “It Can’t Happen Here” is “It already
has.”
*Barack Obama
1.The Unraveling of America
2.WHEN IT’S TOO LATE TO STOP FASCISM, ACCORDING TO STEFAN ZWEIG
3. It Can’t Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis
How Did Americans Become Such Wimps?
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