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14 traits of fascism

by Dr. Laurence Britt
current state of US fascism
here are 3 articles on the current state of US fascism

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COMMON TRAITS OF FACIST REGIMES

Dr. Laurence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about
fascism which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine -- a journal of
humanist thought. The article is titled 'Fascism Anyone?', by Laurence
Britt, and appears in Free Inquiry's Spring 2003 issue on page 20.

Dr. Britt studied the fascist regimes of:

********Hitler (Germany)

********Mussolini (Italy)

********Franco (Spain)

********Suharto (Indonesia)

********Pinochet (Chile)

He found the regimes had 14 things in common, and he calls these the
identifying characteristics of fascism.

The 14 characteristics are:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism -- Fascist regimes tend to make
constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other
paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on
clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights --

Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in
fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in
certain cases because of "need". The people tend to 'look the other
way' or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations,
long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause -- The
people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to
eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious
minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military -- Even when there are widespread domestic
problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government
funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected.

Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism -- The governments of fascist nations tend to be
almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional
gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is
homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

6. Controlled Mass Media -- Sometimes the media is directly controlled
by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly
controlled by government regulation, or through sympathetic media
spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in wartime, is very
common.

7. Obsession with National Security -- Fear is used as a motivational
tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined --

Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in
the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric
and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major
tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's
policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected -- The industrial and business
aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the
government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial
business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed -- Because the organizing power of labor
is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are
either eliminated entirely or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts -- Fascist nations tend to
promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia.
It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or
even arrested. Free _expression in the arts is openly attacked, and
governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment -- Under fascist regimes, the
police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are
often willing to overlook police abuses, and even forego civil
liberties, in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police
force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption -- Fascist regimes almost always
are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other
to government positions, and who use governmental power and authority
to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in
fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be
appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections -- Sometimes elections in fascist nations are
a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear
campaigns against (or even the assassination of) opposition candidates,
the use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district
boundaries, and the manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also
typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

Any of this sound familiar? If we don't learn from history, are we
bound to repeat it all over again?


------- End of forwarded message -------
KG6TXH
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ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES
http://www.anomalous-images.com

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was titled: Understanding the "F" word:

01/21/2004 Entry: "THE STATE OF FASCISM"
http://www.voxfux.com/archives/00000110.htm

The State of Fascism

War is peace, slavery is freedom, aggression is compassion, economic
devastation is wealth, immorality is piety - The state of fascism has
never been stronger.
The clampdown on freedom is in full effect. The un-auditable electronic
voting machines are in place in key electoral states, and in each
machine in strategic districts will be a "glitch" this glitch (which is
legal) will hand surprise victories to key republicans in order to sway
the key electoral votes necessary to achieve a total presidential
election theft once again for the forces of evil.



And in the event of nationwide calls for a recount, there is in place
the very same judicial team which will guarantee that there will be no
recount.

But nothing will be left for chance - nothing. And so clandestine teams
of military intelligence black-ops have already deployed in key cities
terrorist devices of either a radiological dirty bomb or a bio-terror
device designed to kill hundreds to tens of thousands of Americans in a
strategic pre-election terrorist attack designed to cause waves of fear
and confusion throughout the American population.

These terrorist attacks will be accompanied by coordinated media
campaigns scripted by the CIA to propagandize, incite, enrage and cause
fear and convulsing jolts of hyper-patriotism and thuggish nationalism.

The US military will immediately launch retaliatory wars against any
middle east country which has vital oil reserves and lucrative pipeline
routes and any other resources that is needed for imperial aggression
and profitable rebuilding contracts.

In place and ready to go will be carefully scripted fraudulent "news"
stories about how Americans would not feel comfortable with any
democrats because after all only the current administration knows best
how to deal with the terrorists, (especially with over a 60 year
history of lucrative business dealings with terrorists and a thirty
year history of the Bush family specifically being financed directly by
Ossama Bin Laden's older brother Saleem Bin Laden. So nobody in America
knows how to "deal" with the terrorists better then the Bushes.)

In place will be carefully scripted fraudulent polls declaring that 95%
of all Americans agree that the present leadership must remain.

Several polls will magically surface out of thin air which claim that
nearly 75% of all Americans agree that an election isn't even really
necessary considering the threat to the "Homeland."

The CIA has in place carefully scripted fraudulent news stories about
how critical the role of the Internet was in Al Queda's latest
strategic pre-election attack and there will be carefully orchestrated
fraudulent protests of Americans demanding a "clampdown" on the
Internet and within days all activist and dissident websites will be
purged from ISP's and the Internet will be under limited operation
mode. Major corporations will be granted approval to operate websites
and anyone else caught operating an Internet website without government
approval will be tried under the new Patriot "3" statutes as a
terrorist.

Speculation will be rampant among terrorist sympathizers as to the
whereabouts of leading leftist personalities and leftist news
personalities many of whom will be "vanished" immediatly after the
attacks and many who will be detained by military and intelligence and
law enforcement personnel and who will remain unaccounted for, however
the rumors regarding these missing terrorist sympathizers will not air
on any American television news networks and will be overshadowed by
further spectacular terrorist strikes on Americans and on further shock
and awe campaigns in foreign countries.


All future crimes will be considered terrorism and any person suspected
of terrorism can be summarily executed at the sole discretion of the
President or representatives thereof (for national security reasons)

The Senate and the House of Reprehensibles is under total control.

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The Twelve Days of Fascism

On the first day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
A Department of Homeland Security

On the second day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the third day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the fourth day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the fifth day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the sixth day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the seventh day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the eight day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Eight surveillance cameras
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the ninth day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Nine internment camps
Eight surveillance cameras
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the tenth day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Ten less amendments
Nine internment camps
Eight surveillance cameras
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the eleventh day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Eleven years protesting
Ten less amendments
Nine internment camps
Eight surveillance cameras
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

On the twelfth day of fascism
John Ashcroft gave to me
Twelve digital implants
Eleven years protesting
Ten less amendments
Nine internment camps
Eight surveillance cameras
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five Carnivores
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security (author unknown)

From: ARON KAY- http://www.pieman.org

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