American is a fascist nation

"Once again, it's naive to think that the government is "friends" with the people. The US government is the most powerful and influential government in the world. Do you REALLY think their interest will be to LIMIT their power, and hand it over to the people?"I'm not saying that the government is friends with the people. In fact, the government is doing exactly what a government should do. It is protecting the rights of its citizens and protecting the citizens that it so dearly serves. It is naive to say that the government does not listen to us for one must realize that without citizens to watch over, there could not be a government. This is a fact that many bodies of government have forgotten quite easily and they have seen the error of their ways as they were overthrown by those very citizens.Yes, in fact, I do believe that our government limits its power. As I stated before, we have incurred the checks and balances system so that our government is limited in the power it can possess. We have the separation of powers between our three branches so that we don't face an autocracy."Think about Ancient Rome. They were consumed by political corruption and militarism. And there's that word again: militarism. A key characteristic of fascism."A form of argument that you keep using is that because one characteristic is similar, we automatically must be the same. Romans did not get to choose who ran their government. There was no election. There was no equal representation. Every country has its own military and every country looks to improve their military to defend their country in the event of an attack. Even Switzerland, a country that has been declared neutral by every nation on the planet, has its own military just in case. As for political corruption, that's a whole other can of worms that we may open in another debate some time. To put it bluntly, I'll just state that every government faces some sort of corruption somewhere and move on."You were taught that America is superior. Not just taught, but indoctrinated. The government wants you to think they're on your side. To glorify the military, and support America's interests abroad. Is this NOT brainwashing?"If I may, not everyone in the U.S thinks that we are superior to everyone else. Of course, the government would love to see us support our country and approve of how we're doing. The fact of the matter is, not every citizen does. On quite the contrary, in the most recent polls, our president's approval rating is currently at 48% approving of what Obama is currently doing. [1] To even go further with that point, just 6% of Americans think we have the best tax system in the world. We aren't satisfied with everything happening and the political parties involved in our government are working to try and fix it as they see us unhappy with the current state. [2]"There are MANY different political parties in the US, and many diverse views. But the media has narrowed it down to only two. People who once considered themselves moderate are being pressured to take sides. Democrat or Republican. Black or White. Why? Because a divided people are easier to control. We have Fox News feeding us one thing, and MSNBC feeding us another. They hardly give any attention to the other candidates. That's because they want us divided into two, simple groups. We'll be so distracted fighting each other, that the government can do some REAL damage."Every news source has its own bias that must be acknowledged. This is something that is clearly evident in a place such as Fox News. Many people tend to take most things Fox News says with a grain of salt because of this. The common citizen has access to an infinitesimal amount of information about anything to do with elections via the internet. A citizen of the U.S faces nearly unrestricted access to websites across the internet and through these sites, they may find any bit of information about any one thing that they may wish to learn about. The media perpetuates what can be shown as big news. Since Democrats and Republicans are the largest parties and they have the most money, they tend to be covered the most. However, that doesn't mean they are the only ones covered. Just yesterday, CNN had the top story in their "Politics" section of the U.S edition showing that the Tea Party was celebrating it's fifth birthday as a political party.4.) MILITARY. I've covered this one in my above arguments but just to touch upon a few more of the points you brought with this: - The military is glorified by the public, yes. Again, one similarity does not mean we are the same. The military is glorified by the people of Israel, as well. In fact, every citizen of Israel must serve some time in the military. Something tells me they won't be ending up like Nazi Germany though. - America has not always been in a state of war with European and other nations. The United States had a very strong policy of isolationism until World War I came about and we decided that we simply could not sit idle. - While I will concede that times of war are, indeed, a time of economic prosperity, in recent years, our expenditures on military have far outgrown our income and the people are realizing this. Our government is now turning on its heels and cutting spending left and right so that we may bring down our deficit and so that we don't expend as much on military. Heck, our government has listened to the people and are talking about lowering the spending on military so much, our army will be at pre-World War II levels. [3]5. MASCULINITY. Aha, this is where you falter greatly in your arguments. You're saying that fascists disdain men who are seen as feminine, homosexual, or "soft" yet America is growing to tolerate these tendencies. In 17 states and the District of Columbia [4], there has been a full legalization of gay marriage thus showing a greater tolerance for this. The times have begun to change and America is changing with it. Our government leader, Barack Obama, has praised states for their passage of legislature on gay marriage. [5]6.) MEDIA. Honestly, because I'm running low on characters to be able to refute your points, I'm going to just let this one go because I'm not here to debate conspiracy theories on the JFK assassination, 9/11, secret wars, who controls Congress, etc. This debate is about whether or not America is fascist and I would like to keep that there. Your entire argument here is irrelevant to the debate at hand.7.) NATIONAL SECURITY. To be quite frank about it, no country in this modern day and age wants to get bombed countless times. The citizens sit in fear hoping their government protects them, as that is what the government is there to do. John Locke's social contract is an agreement between the citizens of a nation and the governmental body of a nation that states that citizens will agree to follow a nation's rules so long as they are protected and respected by the government. To say we could take over the world is a foolish statement, to be blunt. If we suddenly began a conquest in today's world with the technology that exists, we would be dead within minutes. As soon as we became increasingly aggressive, countries would not hesitate to begin launching nuclear devices at us, especially if we took to launching ours at them. All that would accomplish is a mass destruction of the population. There would be no war won for America in that one. 8.) CORPORATIONS. Ah, but this is capitalism, not fascism. What you're implying is that, through this blur between corporate America and our government, the corporations are controlling the government. With fascism, the government is supposed to control corporations. This is fascism. This is just economic corruption and yes, I do agree that that is wrong but seeing the corporations corrupt the system is not fascism.Sources:[1]http://www.rasmussenreports.com...[2]http://landing.newsinc.com...[3]http://www.reuters.com...[4]http://www.freedomtomarry.org...[5]http://www.huffingtonpost.com...