Beware The Liberal Fascists

- the leaders who aim to 'save' us by controlling everything we do

by Jonah Goldberg - January 4th 2009 - London Daily Mail

As early as 1946, George Orwell wrote that: 'The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies "something not desirable".'

Today, a better working definition of a fascist might simply be a conservative who's winning an argument. But what if fascism means something more than 'bad'. What if fascism was not, and is not, a Right-wing phenomenon at all?

For instance, what were the motivating passions of fascism? For starters, there was the cult of unity. The Nazis mastered the spectacle of the crowd to project an aura of unity, equality and common purpose. Submitting yourself to the movement was sold as a cleansing, redemptive, fundamentally spiritual experience.
Such spectacles were made possible by the cult of personality, the faith that a great leader would rise from among 'us' and bring everyone together. Well, where have we recently seen enormous rallies of ecstatic followers?

According to The New York Times, Barack Obama's own recruiters were trained not to talk about issues, but to 'testify' about how they 'came to Obama' the way one might normally talk about coming to Jesus.

Since one key element of Fascism has always been its acceptance of totalitarian rule by the state over economic means it has always been at its heart one version of socialism. That is why the use by the left of this as their insult of choice makes it such irony ... or stupidity if irony is not the intention.

One of the historical notes that make this article one of Jonah's better ones is pointing out that Mussolini hailed FDR's New Deal as a fascist movement. You will not find many Democrats bragging about that truth! Nor are there many Democrats who will be pleased to note that the Obama has adopted the Fascist demand for "unity" as a core organizing element.