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191. Cruz himself is currently pushing the "liberal fascism" lie hard,

like, of course, much of the conservative leadership -- a "look-THAT way" distraction so they can cold-cock voters who don't realize there is literally no such thing as liberal fascism.

Almost every time I look to the right these days I see signs of fascism. I guess it's inevitable that the "libertarian" wealth-grab movement would morph to look for ways to protect their riches and ability to continue accumulation.

"I would call attention to the parallels of Nazi Germany to its war on its "one percent," namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich. ... This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking. Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendant "progressive" radicalism unthinkable now?" - Billionaire Tom Perkins reacting to the threat of future tax increases.

Well, it's in our hands.