While many have suggested the rise of fascism or socialism in “the land of the free,” the ideas have mostly been unclear or fragmented, focusing on individual events or actors. Recent events, though, show that apparently unconnected pieces of the oppression puzzle are clicking together to develop a comprehensive system, according to Michael Rectenwald, a retired liberal arts professor at New York University.
But many Americans, it appears, have been caught off guard or aren’t even aware of the newly developing government, as the idea of elected officials, government bureaucrats, large corporations, the establishment academia, think tanks and nonprofits, the legacy media, and even seemingly grassroots movements all working in concert toward some evil purpose seems preposterous. Is a large portion of the country in on a conspiracy?
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The reality now surfaces that no large conspiracy was in fact needed—but simply an ideological alignment and some informal coordination, Rectenwald claims.
Despite the lack of formal overarching movement, the American socialist regime is indeed totalitarian, as the root of its ideology requires politically motivated coercion, he told The Epoch Times. The power of the regime is not yet complete but it’s becoming increasingly effective as it consumes the values, checks, and balances against oppression established by traditional beliefs and cherished in the American founding.
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The results can be seen everywhere in society. Americans, regardless of their income, demographics, or social stature are being terminated from jobs, getting torn off access to basic services such as banking and social media, or having their businesses disabled for voicing political opinions and belonging to a designated political underclass. Access to sources of information unsanctioned by the regime is growing increasingly difficult.
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Some forms of power and influence are planning the next step, labeling large segments of society as “extremists” and potential terrorists who need to be “deprogrammed.”
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While the onset of the regime appears related to the occurrences of recent years—the presidency of Donald Trump, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, the Capitol intrusion of Jan. 6—its origins go back decades.
Be prepared to hear the expression "domestic terrorism" a lot. This is the latest codeword to demean the Right. Having been softened up by years of "the war on terror", the term slips mindlessly and effortlessly into the common vernacular. Legitimate opposition will be reframed as criminal activity.
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