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 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps |
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Some selected excerpts from a long article:
"Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are
certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to
destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf,
George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them
all
Naomi Wolf
The Guardian, Tuesday April 24 2007
.. . .
If you look at history, you can see that there is
essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a
dictatorship. That blueprint has been used again and again
in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying ways. But
it is always effective. It is very difficult and arduous to
create and sustain a democracy - but history shows that
closing one down is much simpler. You simply have to be
willing to take the 10 steps.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you
are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already
been initiated today in the United States by the Bush
administration. . .
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy . . .
2. Create a gulag . . .
3. Develop a thug caste . . .
4. Set up an internal surveillance system . . .
5. Harass citizens' groups . . .
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release . . .
7. Target key individuals . . .
8. Control the press . . .
9. Dissent equals treason . . .
10. Suspend the rule of law . . .
Of course, the United States is not vulnerable to the
violent, total closing-down of the system that followed
Mussolini's march on Rome or Hitler's roundup of political
prisoners. Our democratic habits are too resilient, and our
military and judiciary too independent, for any kind of
scenario like that.
Rather, as other critics are noting, our experiment in
democracy could be closed down by a process of erosion.
It is a mistake to think that early in a fascist shift you
see the profile of barbed wire against the sky. In the early
days, things look normal on the surface; peasants were
celebrating harvest festivals in Calabria in 1922; people
were shopping and going to the movies in Berlin in 1931. .
.."
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John Manning
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps |
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"When fascism comes to America it will come wrapped in the flag and
carrying a cross."
~~ Sinclair Lewis
mg wrote:
| Quote: | Some selected excerpts from a long article:
"Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are
certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to
destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf,
George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them
all
Naomi Wolf
The Guardian, Tuesday April 24 2007
. . .
If you look at history, you can see that there is
essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a
dictatorship. That blueprint has been used again and again
in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying ways. But
it is always effective. It is very difficult and arduous to
create and sustain a democracy - but history shows that
closing one down is much simpler. You simply have to be
willing to take the 10 steps.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you
are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already
been initiated today in the United States by the Bush
administration. . .
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy . . .
2. Create a gulag . . .
3. Develop a thug caste . . .
4. Set up an internal surveillance system . . .
5. Harass citizens' groups . . .
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release . . .
7. Target key individuals . . .
8. Control the press . . .
9. Dissent equals treason . . .
10. Suspend the rule of law . . .
Of course, the United States is not vulnerable to the
violent, total closing-down of the system that followed
Mussolini's march on Rome or Hitler's roundup of political
prisoners. Our democratic habits are too resilient, and our
military and judiciary too independent, for any kind of
scenario like that.
Rather, as other critics are noting, our experiment in
democracy could be closed down by a process of erosion.
It is a mistake to think that early in a fascist shift you
see the profile of barbed wire against the sky. In the early
days, things look normal on the surface; peasants were
celebrating harvest festivals in Calabria in 1922; people
were shopping and going to the movies in Berlin in 1931. .
."
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Peter
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps |
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There is nothing wrong with Fascism, I am a great believer in Fascism.
Communisn and Liberals must be incarcerated so that they cannot ruin our
country with their idiocy.
"mg" <mgkelson@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:g8evfe$hap$1@news.xmission.com...
| Quote: | Some selected excerpts from a long article:
"Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps
that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms.
And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be
taking them all
Naomi Wolf
The Guardian, Tuesday April 24 2007
. . .
If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint
for turning an open society into a dictatorship. That blueprint has been
used again and again in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying
ways. But it is always effective. It is very difficult and arduous to
create and sustain a democracy - but history shows that closing one down
is much simpler. You simply have to be willing to take the 10 steps.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to
look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the
United States by the Bush administration. . .
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy . . .
2. Create a gulag . . .
3. Develop a thug caste . . .
4. Set up an internal surveillance system . . .
5. Harass citizens' groups . . .
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release . . .
7. Target key individuals . . .
8. Control the press . . .
9. Dissent equals treason . . .
10. Suspend the rule of law . . .
Of course, the United States is not vulnerable to the violent, total
closing-down of the system that followed Mussolini's march on Rome or
Hitler's roundup of political prisoners. Our democratic habits are too
resilient, and our military and judiciary too independent, for any kind of
scenario like that.
Rather, as other critics are noting, our experiment in democracy could be
closed down by a process of erosion.
It is a mistake to think that early in a fascist shift you see the profile
of barbed wire against the sky. In the early days, things look normal on
the surface; peasants were celebrating harvest festivals in Calabria in
1922; people were shopping and going to the movies in Berlin in 1931. . ."
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mg
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: Re: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps |
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On Aug 19, 2:54 pm, "Peter" <l...@i.dk> wrote:
| Quote: | There is nothing wrong with Fascism, I am a great believer in Fascism.
Communisn and Liberals must be incarcerated so that they cannot ruin our
country with their idiocy.
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It's refreshing to hear from an honest right-winger. Most right-
wingers are in self denial about Fascism.
| Quote: | "mg" <mgkel...@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelsenews:g8evfe$hap$1@news.xmission.com...
Some selected excerpts from a long article:
"Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps
that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms.
And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be
taking them all
Naomi Wolf
The Guardian, Tuesday April 24 2007
. . .
If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint
for turning an open society into a dictatorship. That blueprint has been
used again and again in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying
ways. But it is always effective. It is very difficult and arduous to
create and sustain a democracy - but history shows that closing one down
is much simpler. You simply have to be willing to take the 10 steps.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to
look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the
United States by the Bush administration. . .
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy . . .
2. Create a gulag . . .
3. Develop a thug caste . . .
4. Set up an internal surveillance system . . .
5. Harass citizens' groups . . .
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release . . .
7. Target key individuals . . .
8. Control the press . . .
9. Dissent equals treason . . .
10. Suspend the rule of law . . .
Of course, the United States is not vulnerable to the violent, total
closing-down of the system that followed Mussolini's march on Rome or
Hitler's roundup of political prisoners. Our democratic habits are too
resilient, and our military and judiciary too independent, for any kind of
scenario like that.
Rather, as other critics are noting, our experiment in democracy could be
closed down by a process of erosion.
It is a mistake to think that early in a fascist shift you see the profile
of barbed wire against the sky. In the early days, things look normal on
the surface; peasants were celebrating harvest festivals in Calabria in
1922; people were shopping and going to the movies in Berlin in 1931. . ."
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