Fascism in America

I came across this poster the other day and it is quite frightening. I am sure that most of the agitators involved in the occupy movement aren't aware that the movement they are lobbying for is fascism. But that, unfortunately is how all of these eventual totalitarian movements start, by what Lenin referred to as "useful idiots." The word fascism is so often misused and thrown around today (usually by fascists or other types of socialists, ironically enough) that most people don't realize that they are using the word incorrectly. I don't have time to get into the entire history and nuances of fascism here but I can explain how it relates to this poster.

A large part of the history of fascism can be traced back to a man by the name of Georges Sorel. Here is an excerpt from the book "Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg. He articulated Sorel's contribution better then I can.

"...Sorel's greatest contribution to the left--and Mussolini in particular--lay elsewhere: in his concept of "myths," which he defined as "artificial combinations invented to give the appearance of reality to hopes that inspire men in their present activity." For Sorel, the Second Coming of Christ was a quintessential myth because it's underlying message--Jesus is coming, look busy--was crucial for organizing men in desirable ways.

For syndicalists at the time and, ultimately, for leftist revolutionaries of all stripes, Sorel's myth of the general strike was equivalent to the Second Coming. According to this myth, if all workers declared a general strike, it would crush capitalism and render the proletariate--rather than the meek--the inheritors of the earth. Whether the implementation of a general strike would actually have this result didn't matter, according to Sorel."

This poster calls for a "general strike" against the 1%, another myth created by the occupy movement.

If the occupy movement really wanted to reign in corporate corruption they should have joined the "tea party" movement. The best way to limit corruption is to limit the size and scope of government so Wall Street, corporations, or any other special interest is rendered incapable of lobbying for preferential treatment through legislation.