Their Power Increases As Their Numbers Decrease?

[ThomWV]

Presuming that popular support is necessary for the operation of any Government over time how is it possible that this Administration's powers continue to increase, now to the point of fascism, as it popular support decreases. Starving this beast of its support seems to make it stronger and I just do not understand it.

[rzemanfl]

1. They control what counts. We are pawns, peasants, serfs,

useless eaters. What we think doesn't mean squat to them. The thing is, the military rank and file are us, not them. When push comes to shove, the troops will not shoot us down in the streets so they can be stop lossed and shipped back to Iraq again. In my opinion the choice is 11/7 or Seven Days in May.

[pooja]

4. yes, but the mercenary troops that they have will have absolutely

no problem shooting us. They are operating in Iraq (read between the lines when they post deaths and casualties), they worked in the streets in the aftermath of Katrina. These companies get contracts for more money than we pay our own sodiers.

[rzemanfl]

5. At least I can shoot at a Blackwater employee. They are just

armed thugs with no legal authority.

[Junkdrawer]

2. Their numbers aren't decreasing...

More electronic voting machines made by extreme RW companies are being installed every day.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. That was Exactly my point in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2254216&mesg_id=2254216

Their approval ratings go down and yet their facist powers increase