Tag Archives: Fear Mongering

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Our Empathy and Education Deficits – Nurtured by Right-wing Authoritarians, But Beatable

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Andy Hailey

The two deficits, their causes, and solutions summarized below from writings by former Senator Barack Obama and Professor Henry Giroux, author of many books including Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism, are much more critical to America’s future than the deficit … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/blog/2012/06/22/the-real-reason-conservatives-always-win/" target="_blank" title="When two groups compete, the one with the most social cohesion wins in the long run.">The REAL Reason Conservatives Always Win</a>
  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="http://empathiccivilization.com/" target="_blank" title="The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis">The Empathic Civilization</a>
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Where are the Authoritarians Taking America – Same Place as Texas, SC, WI?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Andy Hailey

Will the country default by not raising the debt limit? The consensus, which is growing but does not include the political ‘adolescents’ in the Tea Party, is no, we won’t. It’s too dangerous. The real question is why are we … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=4846" target="_blank" title="We survived the larger deficits of WWII just fine.">Fear Mongering Over Debt and Deficits – It’s Happened Before, Why Then, Why Now?</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.gao.gov/products/AIMD-96-130" title="Analysis of Actions During the 1995-1996 Crisis" target="_blank">1995-1996 Debt Crisis</a>, <a href="http://texaslsg.org/texasonthebrink/?page_id=55" target="_blank" title="A report from the Texas Legislative Study Group On the State of Our State">Texas On the Brink</a>
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Fear Mongering Over Debt and Deficits – It’s Happened Before, Why Then, Why Now?

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Andy Hailey

Why are we, as a nation, no longer expressing concern about the employment deficit? Because the media and the politicians are all fear mongering about deficit spending, the national debt, and terminating state employees and/or their benefits to fix their … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-republican-strategy_b_825206.html"they hope to deflect attention from the increasing share of total income and wealth going to the richest 1 percent while the jobs and wages of everyone else languises>The Republican Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR2011022002480.html" target="_blank" title="Washington is acting as if the only real problem the United States confronts is the budget deficit">The Tea Party is winning</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/what-conservatives-really_b_825504.html" target="_blank" title="Conservatives believe in individual responsibility alone, not social responsibility.">What Conservatives Really Want</a>, <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/deficit-crisis-mongers-go-deep-end-1353168534" title="The real bottom line is whether the country will allow the deficit hawks to scare us into a deal that we would never make under normal circumstances. " target="_blank">The Deficit Crisis Mongers Go Off the Deep End</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/saving-planet-or-fixing-debt-1352562807" title="Imagine Japan attacked at Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 and our political leaders responded by debating the best way to deal with the deficits projected for 1960." target="_blank">Saving the Planet or Fixing the Debt</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12728-embrace-the-fiscal-cliff" title="... latest disinformation put out by people who agree with Grover Norquist that the real goal of politics should always and everywhere be to reduce taxes and shrink the size of government" target="_blank">Embrace the Fiscal Cliff</a>
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Social Dominance Authoritarians – Rule By Fearful Fantasies

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Andy Hailey

In 2006, John Dean wrote this about neoconservatives in his book Conservatives Without Conscience: Neoconservatives are a relatively small group of social dominance authoritarians, with significant, if not disproportionate, influence. Dean also stated that, “Neoconservatism first surfaced in the public … Continue reading →

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Reality and Howard Dean’s Hopeful Optimism

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Governor Dean, Your optimism is admirable relative to achieving a compromise between those that have such strong ‘feelings’ over the civic center in NY. However, history shows that right-wing authoritarians (RWA), not just their leaders, don’t compromise. They do not … Continue reading →

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Harry’s Hysteria – Going Over to the Dark Side

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Senator Reid, Have you been punked by the Republicans – like so many Democrats have been? Their right-wing authoritarian minions have been controlling the media with their week-after-week of fear mongering and Democrats just line up with the hysterical right … Continue reading →

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RWA Lies Got Us Into Iraq, Killed ACORN, and Almost Killed Health Care Reform – Guess What’s Next

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Fearmongering and Noble Lies are primary tools for the right-wing authoritarians (RWA). Just think back to last year and all the RWA fearmongering and lies about health care and how it barely became law. It wasn’t so much about the … Continue reading →

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Do You Still Beat Your Spouse? – Push Polls, Lies, and Fear Mongering by CWCs

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Andy Hailey

You’ve heard the question before – Do you still beat your spouse? – and there is no answer that doesn’t imply a negative. Well, polls being sent out by the ‘leaders’ described in Conservatives Without Conscience (CWC) to their fearful … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNhOBemsic" target="_blank" title="Interview about The Healing of America">T. R. Reid on C-SPAN</a>
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Domination and Protecting the Status Quo – Authoritarians Do Whatever it Takes

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Andy Hailey

(Note: Authoritarian is used throughout this blog in the context of a personality type — not in the sense of a figure of authority such as a policeman, boss or Army general.) Back in 2006, John Dean completed Conservatives Without … Continue reading →

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Stand-up to the Authoritarian’s Fear Mongering – The House Has!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Andy Hailey

The House of Representatives has stood up to President Bush’s fear-mongering. The Bush White House tried to bully the House of Representatives on an important bill that affects your privacy. With cries of “soft on terrorism,” they insisted that the … Continue reading →

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