Timothy Birdnow

He's right; we have a fascist economic system, not a free market capitalism.

And while I think some wars are necessary (I don't think this author does) I will agree the "endless war" branch of our government comports perfectly with fascist beliefs; they too wanted war as a tool to unite the nation and stimulate economic growth. War and fascism go together. Sadly America is a fascist state, even if it is not fascist in the iron boot fashion.

The author of this article goes on to fete Thomas Massie, a jackass of the first order, but otherwise he's right about a lot of this.

You may remember Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address in which he warns of the "military industrial complex". But Ike warned against other aspects of that, such as big tech and the rise of an expert class along with corporate influence. Ike knew what was coming, indeed, what had already come with WWII.

Now what we call capitalism is nothing of the sort. I conclude with the wise words of G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton was an advocate of "distributism" an economic system promoting small businesses over massive corporations. Chesterton famously quipped "the difference between a capitalist and a communist is a bigger paycheck". He of course meant a crony capitalist, a fascistic capitalist. He was right.

So right.

Posted by: at July 22, 2026 12:07 AM (h3/op)

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