American is a fascist nation

"This is only going by the definition of fascism, and its criteria." Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition Autocracy: government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch. Dictator: one holding complete autocratic control Alright. With that being our definition of fascism, let's get right into this. Seeing as you have posted opening arguments, I'm going to be under the assumption that you would like my opening arguments in the first round as well. I would like to note that I will not be refuting your opening points in this statement. I have plenty of time to do that later and I will utilize it. Using the above definition of fascism, the United States of America is a country that is as far from fascism as it comes. In the U.S we do not have a dictatorial government nor can we have one, according to our current structure of government. We (Americans) would not stand for an autocratic government and we've put measure in place to ensure such things. To avoid a dictatorship and autocratic rulers, we have elections once every four years for our head of state. Congressional elections are held once every 2 years so that there may be potential for a fresh batch of legislators in our nation's capitol every term. In fact, to top this off, even with elections in place we've gone the extra mile to implement term limits upon our nation's leader so that they may not remain in office for the entirety of their life. Secondly, our president is not an autocratic ruler. In the American system of government, we have a system called "checks and balances." What this does is it allows our three branches of government to "check" each other so that no one branch holds ultimate power. In the case of this, Congress has the ability to create bills and send them to the president wherein our president can then decide to sign this bill into law or "check" it and send it back to Congress. Now, to prevent the president from holding too much power with his veto, Congress can overturn his veto with a two-thirds majority vote; a significant increase from the usual majority vote. Then, so that Congress cannot pass whatever they wish to pass, our judicial branch, the Supreme Court, can declare any passed laws unconstitutional. Should a law or act by our government not uphold the very basis on which our government was founded, the Supreme Court may prevent it from occurring. Thirdly, we do not suppress opposition in our political races. In fact, competition is something that is encouraged throughout America. Political parties compete every election to try and have their candidate voted into office. Fourth, our government does not hold severe social or economic regimentation. The U.S is a capitalist nation and it encourage free-enterprise in its economy. While there are basic regulations to promote worker safety, taxation, and such, this is hardly what can be considered severe. Competition and ingenuity are encouraged to their fullest and businesses are free to grow and profit in whatever ways they may, so long as it falls within the basic guidelines lobbying for worker safety and fair wages. To touch upon the social regimentation, we are guaranteed rights by our government. We are guaranteed safety from our government. In fact, it is stated that we hold the right to overthrow our own government should we think it fails to operate on the basis upon which it was founded. Should America stray from the Constitution and the democracy we were born to be, we, as a people, hold the right to overthrow our own government. I look forward to my opponent's rebuttals. Sources: http://www.merriam-webster.com... http://www.merriam-webster.com... http://dictionary.reference.com... http://www.usconstitution.net...