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Fascism in America in 10 easy steps
submitted 2 years ago by [deleted] from self.news
https://drnaomiwolf.com/fascism-in-america-10-steps/
In 2007, prior to the release of my book, The End of America: Letter to a Young Patriot,” published by Chelsea Green, I released a widely read article in The Guardian that outlined the 10 steps all dictators follow when turning an open society into a fascist one. I wrote then, “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.” Revisiting the steps toward fascism in America Consider the Trump administration and all we’ve seen over the past four years. Look at them in light of these same ten steps. Let’s revisit them: Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy Create a gulag Develop a thug caste Set up an internal surveillance system Harass citizens’ groups Engage in arbitrary detention and release Target key individuals Control the press Dissent equals treason Suspend the rule of law
In 2007, prior to the release of my book, The End of America: Letter to a Young Patriot,” published by Chelsea Green, I released a widely read article in The Guardian that outlined the 10 steps all dictators follow when turning an open society into a fascist one.
I wrote then, “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.”
Revisiting the steps toward fascism in America
Consider the Trump administration and all we’ve seen over the past four years. Look at them in light of these same ten steps. Let’s revisit them:
Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
Create a gulag
Develop a thug caste
Set up an internal surveillance system
Harass citizens’ groups
Engage in arbitrary detention and release
Target key individuals
Control the press
Dissent equals treason
Suspend the rule of law
We're fucked.
[–]saidittwice 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (1 child)
need a different word than 'fascism' as its the lefty types trying to destroy American here.
'Neo-Marxist would be tyrants' is a bit long - maybe just "@#$%ing Commies"
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[–]chadwickofwv 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (0 children)
Communism is a form of fascism. It is in fact the worst known form.
Put another way, all communists are fascists, but not all fascists are communists.
[–]saidittwice 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - (1 child)
[–]chadwickofwv 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - (0 children)