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And The Generals Said; "Dont worry, we can control him"

As Megan Mcardle recently said "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does have a hell of a stutter". So its in that spirit that I enter down this well trodden road. I'm trying to think of another example of a radical fringe political party, led by a charismatic public speaker with no executive experience, possibly someone who could be thought of as a "community organizer" who takes control of a country through elections during an economic downturn and then immediately starts to move large sections of what was formerly private industry into government control. Has that happened before? At the moment, my mind is sort of drawing a blank on examples, but it does have a sort of familiar ring to it. Is there another example out there in the annals of history, where your political party membership would be essential to your station in life or whether you held a job or whether or not you were harassed by your political enemies? An example where the entire arts and entertainment section of the culture was run under the wing of a single political party, where dissent from the party norm and standards resulted in instant blacklisting and the end of careers?

Gosh, I'm sure if I think about it long enough I can come up with an example. It sure seems like we've seen that sort of thing before, right?

And I hope to hell I'm wrong...

Posted @ February 09, 2009 03:08 PM | Current Affairs

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