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Cassandra is right

Sun, 05/20/2007 - 8:04am — vastleft

Naomi Wolf debates with Alan Wolfe about whether American fascism is a clear and present danger.

Mr. Wolfe is a born-again centrist who sees the 2006 election as evidence that our checks-and-balances system is working.

The change in Congress was most welcome, though the Democratic Senate caucus's majority is wafer-thin. And how much checking and balancing can we get from a Supreme Court packed with rightwing ideologues, a media about whom "neutered" would be a generous assessment, and a general population that remains drunk on apathy?

An amusing exchange occurs after Alan dismisses Naomi as a "Cassandra," a pejorative often hurled at those who warn us about actual dangers.

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