Fascism has many structural characteristics that distinguish it from even the worst sorts of authoritarianism in the mainstream of U.S.’s political spectrum. One of these is the identification of a godlike Maximum Leader with the will of the people. A fascist society demands not just obedience but the surrender of the self to an ecstatic collective consciousness embodied in flesh by the Leader.
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Here’s where it gets more frightening. Fascisms happen because people begin by projecting their own fears, hope and desires on the Maximum Leader, and end by submerging themselves in the Leader’s will. Neither George Bush nor John McCain has ever inspired this kind of response. But Barack Obama…does. More effectively than any American politician in my lifetime. And that is a frightening thing to see.

In a way he reminds me of muslim men who seduce western women, only to reveal their true nature after marriage. I fear that What is scary about Obama now won’t compare to what will be revealed once he takes his mask off.

The acclaim for him out of Africa aand Europe,is, to me the most frightening of all.

Good links all, Ligneus..