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… a repressed society needs a motivated populace if it is to become politically vibrant again. To be more precise, it needs patriotism, historical consciousness, education, ambition, optimism and, especially, patience. The destruction wrought by totalitarian governments always takes decades even generations to repair.
Anne Applebaum, Political Columnist, “After Tyrants, The People Must Act”, New York Times, November 4, 2012
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See Huey Long for a similar point of view.
Incredibly enough, Gils Robles was only right of center with outright Fascist Nazi groups active in Spanish politics. One of the propaganda myths of the Spanish right at the time was that the poor economy and the Basque and Catalan separatist movements were the result of the activity of the Masons and Jewish influences. Also,Confederacion Espanola, de Derechas Automomas his call for a totalitarian government was typical of the right wing of the time whop distrusted democracy completely.
Ironically, the fascist organizations that did form in America did just that. The American Firsters claimed patriotism motivated them to support Hitler and Father Coughlin and his fascist movement was his own version of Christianity—one which the Roman Catholic Church was so opposed to that they prohibited him from appearing on the radio with his virulent preaching. He was one of several who “hijacked” American Christianity not unlike the way radical Muslims would later in the century hijack Islam.
The country was in the middle of a financial depression.
In the English political system the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch are the same. In the House of Commons, the Front Benches are reserved for the Cabinet Ministers. The argument here is that when politicians become ministers, their career and party success often become more important than the welfare of the country.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
The court held that students could not be compelled to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Because of his anti-Vietnam War activities he was frequently accused of hating America.
Saloth Sar Pol Pot. He was responsible for the brutal killing of over 1 million of his own people.
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written extensively about Marxism–Leninism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.
