ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO...
From 'The Deep State'..."Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.
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That, in essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any other controlling private power. The second truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if its business system does not provide employment and produce and distribute goods in such a way as to sustain an acceptable standard of living.
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Both lessons hit home. Among us today a concentration of power without equal in history is growing." FDR, message to Congress, 4/29/38
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