Land of the free

[glenatron]

I know I go on about this, but here is a very clear article describing the steps from democracy to fascism and demonstrating how the current US administration is taking them.

It's interesting. If I lived in America I would like to think I would at least be writing to my political representatives, but of course I am fat and lazy...

Comments

[thewhitespider.livejournal.com]

Actually, that might be a Wikipedia typo. Going to check the CIA World Factbook (which I bet they used as the primary and only source) the UK has a per-capita GDP of $31,800.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I look at the prices of land in the US and how many people there are per square mile compared with where we are now and looking at how much it would cost to emigrate...

[penella22.livejournal.com]

nonono...I'm moving over there.

Have you heard our president give a speech?

(In all seriousness, the state where I live is pretty darn nice. Its the rest of the country I'm not so fond of. I think we should secede...oh wait, we already voted on that. Oh well.)

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should all move to New Zealand. No idea what the politics are like there but the scenery is good...

[penella22.livejournal.com]

Now there's a plan. New Zealand it is...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Apparently they're just at the start of a lovely warm summer right now...