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As David Weiner says, "important." The problem is that people prioritize security, good order and liberty in a descending order. When social dysfunction increases domestically in a liberal society, or an external threat is perceived as existential, then liberty cedes to order and, in extremis, to security. The question is whether "the free world" is facing such an issue, as some argue, and tending in this direction — vide the Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland Security, and the rise of the surveillance and security state. If so, what to do about it? David Weiner admits that he is not sure what his choice would be if push comes to shove in a divisive environment. And just as the excess of "socialism" is totalitarian collectivism; so too, the excess of "capitalism" is
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: fascism, security
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As David Weiner says, "important." The problem is that people prioritize security, good order and liberty in a descending order. When social dysfunction increases domestically in a liberal society, or an external threat is perceived as existential, then liberty cedes to order and, in extremis, to security. The question is whether "the free world" is facing such an issue, as some argue, and tending in this direction — vide the Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland Security, and the rise of the surveillance and security state. If so, what to do about it? David Weiner admits that he is not sure what his choice would be if push comes to shove in a divisive environment. And just as the excess of "socialism" is totalitarian collectivism; so too, the excess of "capitalism" is
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: fascism, security
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The problem is that people prioritize security, good order and liberty in a descending order. When social dysfunction increases domestically in a liberal society, or an external threat is perceived as existential, then liberty cedes to order and, in extremis, to security.
The question is whether "the free world" is facing such an issue, as some argue, and tending in this direction — vide the Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland Security, and the rise of the surveillance and security state. If so, what to do about it? David Weiner admits that he is not sure what his choice would be if push comes to shove in a divisive environment.
And just as the excess of "socialism" is totalitarian collectivism; so too, the excess of "capitalism" is totalitarian fascism. These are the extreme of political organization and both are reciprocal aspects of totalitarian statism in which an elite rules by diktat.
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The important question is, Can fascism create social stability?
David Weiner