See this article by Henry Wallace that eerily describes our current political, social and economic climate.
http://educatedrants.com/2011/03/08/the-danger-of-american-fascism/#more-61
I find the qoute below the most profound.
"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power."
