01-12-2012
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Mike Holler, Tres Melton, and RockyMountainStreams
The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street see the same problem from different
perspectives. The problem is Fascism in America, which is not an epithet to
be tossed at those with whom we disagree, but the government of the United
States as it operates today, and as Fascism is defined by the technical and
historical sense of the term.
Historically, Fascism is a system where big business and big government
work together to promote and protect each other. Big business provides the
money that the government officials need to remain in power and enjoy a high
standard of living; the government officials write regulations that favor
these businesses to ensure their profitability.
The Tea Party has been approaching the problem from the perspective of big
government's favorable regulations and bailouts of certain industries
and/or large businesses within those industries. Occupy Wall Street approaches
the matter from the angle of the big businesses that