Chris Hedges American Fascists The Radical Christian Right 2 of 6

He starts out the book with a definition of fascism and a discussion of its characteristics from Umberto Eco entitled Eternal Fascism:Fourteen ways of Looking at a Blackshirt.[4] These fourteen characteristics of fascism are as follows; The Cult of Tradition, The Rejection of Modernism, The Cult of Action for Actions Sake, Disagreement as Treason, Fear of Difference, The Main Privilege is to Be Born in the Same Country, The Followers Must be Humiliated by the Wealth and Force of their Enemies, Life is Lived For Struggle, Contempt For the Weak, Everybody is Educated to Become a Hero, Disdain for Women and Condemnation for Non Standard Sexuality, Respect for the Majority and Disdain for Individualism, Respect for Impoverished Vocabulary and Elementary Syntax in Order to Limit Complex and Critical Reasoning. Hedges states that the "American Fascists"... ask us to hand over moral choice and responsibility to them. They will tell us what is right and wrong in the eyes of God. They tell us how to act, how to live, and in this process they elevate themselves above us. They remove the anxiety of moral choice, the fundamental anxiety of human existence. This is part of their attraction.[5] He talks about Dominionism which, he says, is central to their belief system. According to Hedges, Dominionism states that God gave human beings total dominion over all of creation. It stems from Genesis 1:26-31. The Dominionists, Hedges says, state that there is only one way to be a Christian and only one way to be an American.[6] He states that Dominionism seeks to politicize faith and to promote leadership adulation.[8] and a call for moral and physical supremacy of a master race, in this case American Christians .[9] He continues to say that Dominionists control, at least six national television networks, {wherein} each reach tens of millions of homes, and virtually all of the nations more than 2,000 religious radio stations, as well as the Southern Baptist Convention. .[

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@yubarraboo - Really? Fascism is only possible in Italy??? What about Germany? LoL.. you are sickly naive if you think only Italy is subject to fascism, pal...

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Hedges is a Prophet..period.. no doubt about it..

[fatfatat444]

Wait, those TEA Party idiots are against the taxes Obama uses, but not the Taxes bush uses? Bush is a disgrace to our nation. Obama didn't do anything wrong with the taxes from our grandparents income taxes or sales taxes.

BUSH SUCKS!

[fatfatat444]

America is not a Christian Nation. The 1st Ammendment granted us the FREEDOM to make us NOT a Christian nation.

Oh damn...And I thought the Galactic Empire was bad. A Christ-Worshiping Empire would be worse.

[bapyou]

Chris is the man. His analyses of contemporary America are beyond those of most of his peers.

[yubarraboo]

There are no fascist Americans.

Fascism is Italian!

What we have here is religious supremacy, the foundation of fascismo, national socialism, etc..