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BRTD
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« on: December 23, 2008, 09:31:28 PM »

I say four:

John Adams
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
George W. Bush

Reagan is borderline but I'll err on the conservative side.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 10:46:03 PM »

Alien and Sedition Acts
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BRTD
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Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2008, 01:39:15 AM »


And?   You got to help me out here cause I don't see how that makes him a fascist. 

Basically the most anti-freedom legislation ever passed in the country. Plus blatantly unconstitutional.

I say four:

John Adams
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
George W. Bush

Reagan is borderline but I'll err on the conservative side.

And while your at it, help me understand why you put McKinely on the list?

Brutal imperialist. He occupied the Philippines in a manner blatantly imperialist and basically justified it the same way Tsarist Russia would justify its imperialism and repression.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Posts: 113,181
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2008, 01:33:52 AM »

None. There is a difference between taking measures to strengthen your office or the nation and serving as an authoritarian leader.

Fascism tends to not allow free and democratic elections in which one loses while holding an iron-clad grip on the running of the nation. I didn't realize the US ever had a dictatorial regime. And before anyone says FDR, he wasn't the sole force. Congress originates laws. That by itself removes the chances of fascism.

You'd have a tough time finding any type of authoritarian regime out there that doesn't have some sort of "legislature" that rubber-stamps the dictator's decrees.
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