Oh, my. Just look at this headline:

A Collapsed Economy, Hateful Conservatives and Ineffectual Liberals Are a Recipe for Fascism

I have admired Chris Hedges for a long time now and this is one of his articles.

Here's how it gets started:

American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the dismantling of our manufacturing sector and the deadly assault on the ecosystem. On the other side stands a mass of increasingly bitter people whose alienation, desperation and rage fuel emotionally driven and incoherent political agendas. It is a recipe for fascism.

Go on over and read it if you have the time; it's not hugely long. I think it offers some real insight.
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