Puleeze.

Won't happen.

1) The majority of the young people is too lazy or too self-absorbed. Going outside and  marching or sht.. way too exhausting. Let alone burning books or progroming. Maybe a few thousand motorized barstools sponsored by the pundits would help.

2) The main secret of success for the Nazis was: they were cool. Yes, you heard me right. They were not cool by today's standards, but back then, they were hip as hell (yeah, the Hitler 'stache was part of that allure), nationalism and antisemitism being a way to protest against the too lame and tame establishment and government and the so-called "backstabbers" (here is a strong parallel) and to act out in a long denied juvenile manner.

And nationalism in the U.S. is IMHO very accepted (even the most leeberals sometimes can't seem to contain those frightening "U.S.A., U.S.A."-ravings) so theres no subversive power to it.

Well, you can call right-wing nuts anything but they ain't cool. They only have that lunatic charm, but it wears off.

3) The movement as a whole is too old. I guess most of the hardcore wing nuts are long past expiration date. Their front lawn being the only place they can walk on their own to turn into Nazi-Germany.

But seriously: i don't think the anger in the general population is big enough for a mass movment. And the organisations out of which revolutions used to emerge, mainly the military or unions or some form of surrogate, are not present in present day everyone-for-himself of A.

Bachmann, Beck etc. may have some power over the weak but they certainly lack the means and diligence to start a power grab backed by a majority of the people.

 Nevertheless they might influence some fringed minds or even groups of the crackpot variety to commit violent acts of one sort or another.

by eborujion on 04/09/2009 03:46:34 PM EST