Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallacewas the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. Wallace was a strong supporter of New Deal liberalism, rapid desegregation, and softer policies towards the Soviet Union. His public feuds with other officials caused significant controversy during his time as Vice President under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the midst of World War II, and resulted in Democrats dropping him from the ticket in the 1944 election in favor of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVice President
Date of Birth7 October 1888
CountryUnited States of America
A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.
This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.
With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.
It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.
There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.
The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people may be, they are not so significant as thousands of other people who have never been mentioned. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.
It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups.
Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.
It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.
The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America.