The last time anti-intellectual forces that praised authoritarian figures, promised to take the country back to a more glorious time and zoned in on people of a particular religion, we called it a word stronger than 'Nationalism'.
Christian refugees from these nations are allowed, only Muslims aren't. This is the definition of religious discrimination. This will go down as a dark day in US history, I only hope that it's the lowest point and things don't get worse. But that might be an unrealistically optimistic outlook.
Remind me, who exactly voted the narcissistic nationalist into the executive office controlling the worlds largest surveillance and secret service/police apparatus?
Small Government is a nice, and good, idea, but history shows us that neither surveillance apparatus (pl.) nor secret police (pl.) relinquish power, ever, within existing in the same continuum of legitimation (ie. state). There has been no previous instance where either were reduced; they only grow until chopped off entirely.
It's an infestation of the state. There is only one - proven - cure. (And I think it's naïve to assume that those who built and grow these structures are not aware of this)
You're right though, the biggest problem is all the people cheering this on. I read "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and this seems to be escalating even faster.
> Small Government is a nice, and good, idea, but history shows us that neither surveillance apparatus (pl.) nor secret police (pl.) relinquish power, ever, within existing in the same continuum of legitimation (ie. state). There has been no previous instance where either were reduced; they only grow until chopped off entirely.
Is there a book or article that I can read about this point?
I'd really appreciate it if you could show me a few examples.
I think the most prominent examples would be: Nazis (obviously), Stasi / DDR / GDR, Chile (Pinochet) and the dictatorship in Argentina; but in the last century there were many more examples, be it in South America, Africa or eastern Europe.
Current examples that are still alive and well could be the various GCC states, but especially Saudi Arabia there; the UK and the US to some degree each (both are obviously full-blown surveillance states at the very least; and it can be reasonably argued that (divisions of) the FBI and some other agencies qualify as a secret police) in the western hemisphere; Russia.
I was just thinking the same. This breed of nationalism has been steeping for some time. Likely before 9/11, but that was when it really started taking off.
The last time anti-intellectual forces that praised authoritarian figures, promised to take the country back to a more glorious time and zoned in on people of a particular religion, we called it a word stronger than 'Nationalism'.
Christian refugees from these nations are allowed, only Muslims aren't. This is the definition of religious discrimination. This will go down as a dark day in US history, I only hope that it's the lowest point and things don't get worse. But that might be an unrealistically optimistic outlook.