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Jilly_in_VA

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Wed Jul 6, 2022, 01:49 PM Jul 2022

The 14 characteristics of Fascism

Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt wrote an article about fascism (“Fascism Anyone?,” Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20). Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

Instead of posting the first 4 paragraphs, I'm posting the 14 characteristics and leaving the meat of the article for y'all to peruse.

1.Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
2.Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
3.Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
4.Supremacy of the Military
5.Rampant Sexism
6.Controlled Mass Media
7.Obsession with National Security
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
9.Corporate Power is Protected
10.Labor Power is Suppressed
11.Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
12.Obsession with Crime and Punishment
13.Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
14.Fraudulent Elections

https://dorseteye.com/the-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

See how close we are....we're hanging by a thread. Some states are closer than the national government.

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The 14 characteristics of Fascism (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 OP
All these are characteristics of capitalism run amok. It's where America finds itself today. sop Jul 2022 #1
The Subversion Court is aiming to complete goal number 14. GOTV before they do. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #2

sop

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1. All these are characteristics of capitalism run amok. It's where America finds itself today.
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 02:20 PM
Jul 2022

"Fascism is capitalism in decay." (attributed to Vladimir Lenin)

"It (Fascism) is the culmination of the most typical tendencies and policies of modern capitalism." (R. Palme Dutt, 1934)

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