The decline and fall of American democracy

The latest issue of Adbusters is carrying an interview with Richard Faulk that mentions both fascism and Orwell. So once again I find myself reading something and thinking "exactly".

In particular Faulk mentions how dangerous it will be if the Democrats are unable field a candidate with the strength to stand up to Bush and his War Inc. cronies. Another weak candidate with wishy washy policies and pathetic rhetoric will lead to yet another defeat for Democrats. After that we'll have well over 50% of the population feeling disenfranchised from the so called democratic process offered by two party politics. Faulk fears this will spawn acts of radical resistance to the perceived fascism reigning and raining down from above.

This will be exactly what the government wants as an excuse to tighten the thumbscrews on the American people and start passing legislation like Patriot II and who knows what other repellant sequels they come up with.

And the rest, as they say, will be history.