Is the U.S. a Fascist Police-State?

This from Gonzalo Lira's Blog:

I lived in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship - I can spot a fascist police-state when I see one.

The United States is a fascist police-state.

Harsh words - incendiary, even. And none too clever of me, to use such language: Time was, the crazies and reactionaries wearing tin-foil hats who flung around such a characterization of the United States were disqualified by sensible people as being hysterical nutters - rightfully so.

But with yesterday's Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project decision (No. 08-1498, also 09-89) of the Supreme Court, coupled with last week's Arar v. Ashcroft denial of certiorari (No. 09-923), the case for claiming that the U.S. is a fascist police-state just got a whole lot stronger.

First of all, what is a "fascist police-state"?

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