por Ritt Goldstein Saturday July 31, 2004 at 06:18 PM
On July 9th the Senate Intelligence Committee blamed "groupthink" as the
basis for the Iraq War's false premises. But a noted psychologist and an
eminent political scientist warn of US fascism, this front-page article
revealing the reality of present circumstances.
Groupthink and the slide into fascism
By Ritt Goldstein
ASIA TIMES
On July 8, Asia Times Online broke the story (Patriotic pride and fear) of
how noted Canadian psychologist Daniel Burston (two PhDs from Canada's York
University and a widely acclaimed author) perceived a broad retreat into
"social fantasy systems" and "socially patterned defects" as explaining much
of the Bush administration's decision-making. He observed for ATol that such
flaws bring those involved to "act in ways which - from an outsiders
perspective - look insane". On the following day, July 9, the US Senate
Intelligence Committee released its report on the United States'
justification for the Iraq war, claiming an erroneous "groupthink" was to
blame, and coincidentally highlighting the validity of Burston's
observations.
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Highlighting a disturbing reality, Burston had noted parallels between the
social psychology of the present and that of the 1930s. In a further
parallel to the 1930s, on July 9 the conservative Chicago Sun-Times (one of
the United States' top 50 papers) ran a commentary on US fascism, stating
that "fascism' is not an exaggeration", and adding that anyone who doubted
this "doesn't know what fascism is". It went on to note: "Some liberals
suggest that the administration is capable of canceling the November
election on the grounds of national security if it looks like Bush would
lose. I doubt this." But on July 11 and 12, news of the administration
seeking legal authority for just such an election postponement - a delay in
the November election for national-security reasons - widely broke.
Asia Times link to continue
http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FG27Aa01.html
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