According to this story, there are some who believe that fascism will appear more attractive to folks as the economic difficulties continue to unravel. Anytime problems in the broader society are labeled "catastrophes," "crisis," "emergencies" etc, this can cause people to look for protection from someone bigger than themselves. If the society does not trust in a God that rules over all these things, and if the majority of the people really like their government then it's natural that they would look to them to protect them from the impending doom. This is how fascism has always spread.
Combine that with the postmodern tendency to consistently look to government for a solution to almost all social ills and it seems to me that the soil is ripe in a number of different parts of the world. I don't know that this is the case in America, nor am I suggesting that the current leadership in Washington is in any way fascist, but is there something to what this guy in the story is saying?
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The closing comments in the Ed Balls article seem to suggest that either Balls' spokesman was back-peddling or that the author of the article was grasping at straws to create panic.
Assuming the former, I can understand that in time of greatest perceived need people might tend to latch more easily to the perceived stability offered by government.
I don't know what to make of this 2-minute video clip, but it sorta seems applicable...
http://current.com/items/89804790/julio_steals_the_show.htm
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