The foundations for fascism have already been laid. They've been chipping away at our Constitution for a while now, and that's the only thing that stands (or stood) between us and fascism.

But I tend to see a different scenario being the one that would bring us up out of the status quo. I don't think people taking to the streets is what is going to do it this time. I think what happens is that the new way of doing things emerges sort of on its own, and once it's emerged enough to take the place of the status quo, the old way of doing things will just fall away.

I see the new way of doing things already emerging, and I find it very encouraging. The new way I can see is people in ever larger numbers gravitating toward behaving consciously, sustainably, equitably, and with integrity, and making decisions both personal and in the market place with those things in mind. I don't think it's going to happen from the top down, but from the bottom up. The president of the US can't make it happen, but he or she can help to create an environment that will help to nurture it. I think Obama would do that. I feel quite confident that McCain would not.