We need a word to replace “fascism”

A challenge to all our readers, posters, and commenters! Some people, Americans and Europeans, still believe they live in democracies, despite growing evidence to the contrary.All will come out well in the end, they feel.  So be it.  Others think the democracy has moved on to something else, and shudder at the prospect.   What would …

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The “white collar proletariat” in Britain

“They do not go to university to acquire culture , but to get a job  (OUCH!!!  Isn’t that what college is all about?), and when they have got one, scamp it.  They have no manners, and are woefully unable to deal with any predicament.  Their idea of a celebration is to go into a public …

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So sell the Presidency

So Mayor Bloomberg of New York is contemplating a run for the Presidency, using half a billion dollars of his own money!  Bloomberg appears to be a good manager, seems to think about the welfare of all his constituents (rather than just those who contribute to election expenses), and is intelligent and hard-working..  Maybe we …

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