Signs of the times

[Old Rocks]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

 

[Weatherman2020]

Boy, looks like we dodged a bullet the last 8 years. Good to see America returning to a Republic again.

 

[Auld Phart]

Fire trucks are emergency vehicles

Fire trucks are red

red vehicles are emergency vehicles

 

[Old Rocks]

Ah, two little fascist cocksucks denying the obvious. LOL

 

[Auld Phart]

Ah, two little fascist cocksucks denying the obvious. LOL

no

denying your lame fallacy.

 

[Vastator]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Thread fail... Must be a Democrat.

 

[1stRambo]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Yo, I prefer Fascism over Socialism:

Living in a socialist country for 30 years of my life, and required to study the theory of Marxism/Leninism from elementary school through college, I am familiar with some distinct characteristics of socialism. They include:

• Controlling people by making them dependent on government for basics such as medical care, property rights and income.

• Applying separate standards in medical and other services for government employees and acolytes vs. the rest of society.

• Brainwashing the population starting as early as possible with propaganda that is pro-central government and anti-free market capitalism.

• Polarizing society by dividing people into groups by ethnicity.

• Controlling speech, enforcing political correctness and attempting to suppress opposition media.

• Collecting citizens’ personal information using all resources available, including NSA programs.

• Intimidating opposition through Justice Department investigations of journalists, IRS intimidation of groups and individuals who oppose government policies, and information collected on citizens that becomes quite handy.

• Demonizing and destroying the livelihood of anyone — from members of the Tea Party to rodeo clowns — who dares to criticize the president.

• Controlling economic resources via EPA and other regulations despite negative economic consequences.

Read the whole thing, there is much more.

Socialism: The Signs Are There For Anyone Who Cares To Look – The Lonely Conservative

"GTP"
USA-USA-USA

 

[Old Rocks]

Absolutely a Democrat. And a liberal. And a gun owner for over 60 years. A dd214 that say Honorable, and still working and grossing over 100K. A voter since I was 21, and will be until I die.

Early signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

 

[LuckyDuck]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Nothing wrong with an actual sovereign nation with strong borders. Borders and border control try to ensure that those who seek to enter a nation are not a threat to the nation's citizens.
The new administration isn't demonstrating a disdain for our citizens rights. You can still go where you want inside or outside the country.....well.....North Korea isn't too keen on letting folks in and will kill those seeking to leave.
The enemy has clearly identified itself. Even London's mayor has said that if the United States doesn't freely take in Muslims (with the goal to change the U.S. from within), Islamists will step up attacks on the nation.
Supremacy of the military. Last I checked, the United States wasn't a military junta. The military currently is ranked number one in the world, however, it is slipping towards second place after China and there is nothing wrong with maintaining a nation with a first rate military.
Rampant sexism? Hmmm, I believe you are confusing the U.S. with the Islamic nations. They don't come any more sexist than Islam. In Islam, women are only valuable for procreation, otherwise considered worthless. Do your research.
If the media was indeed controlled, there would only be Fox News, however, MSNBC, CNN, et cetera are clearly mouthpieces for the far left. They all need to focus on what is happening to Europe since its mass immigration.
Obsession with National Security? Hmmm...9/11, Orlando, San Bernardino, Boston Marathon bombings. No national security equals no safety at all.
Religion and government entwined....not to the point with which Muslim nations have. Theirs aren't only intertwined, the Imams, Mullahs, Ayatollahs and Clerics rule those nations and once they have enough numbers here, the same would happen.
Corporate power protected.....agreed. Too much protection. In China, if companies cause the death of people, they execute the head of the company. I like that policy.
Labor suppressed: The labor here is protected far better than in many other nations and in fact labor in many nations is no better than "slave" labor working for pennies on the dollar.
Obsession with crime and punishment: Get robbed a few times and see how pro-crime you are. Evidently, base on that simple statement, you are for "not" punishing criminals and that's absurd.
Rampant cronyism and corruption. Please point to a nation that doesn't have cronyism and corruption to some degree.
Go live in Mexico or Russia, come back and compare. Those two nations thrive on those things.
Fraudulent elections: None here. Candidates for the House and Senate are elected by local popular vote. Per our founding Constitution, candidates for the presidency are and always have been, elected by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Let's see now.....England, the lower house of Parliament is elected by the people. The upper Parliament is the House of Lords, chosen by the Queen from the upper crust of society.
China....The politburo tells the people who their candidates can be and the people get to pick from only those candidates. North Korea....The next-of-kin to the supreme leader gets selected by the supreme leader. The public doesn't have a say.
Iran....The Islamic supreme council (300 men) approve who may or may not run for office. The people only get to pick from the council's picks.
Russia....The people actually get to vote for the candidate of their choice for president. However, opponents have a tendency to turn up poisoned, imprisoned, or disappear. That has a tendency to limit the choices.
The EU: That has a rotating head of state, chosen by the prime ministers of the member nations. The people in each nation has no say (hence why England voted get out of the EU, as some other nations are now considering. Ultimately, the concept of a one-world government with no borders isn't going over too well with the peoples of nations being invaded by hordes of Islamists bent on destroying the nations cultures and heritages.

 

[Old Rocks]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Yo, I prefer Fascism over Socialism:

Living in a socialist country for 30 years of my life, and required to study the theory of Marxism/Leninism from elementary school through college, I am familiar with some distinct characteristics of socialism. They include:

• Controlling people by making them dependent on government for basics such as medical care, property rights and income.

• Applying separate standards in medical and other services for government employees and acolytes vs. the rest of society.

• Brainwashing the population starting as early as possible with propaganda that is pro-central government and anti-free market capitalism.

• Polarizing society by dividing people into groups by ethnicity.

• Controlling speech, enforcing political correctness and attempting to suppress opposition media.

• Collecting citizens’ personal information using all resources available, including NSA programs.

• Intimidating opposition through Justice Department investigations of journalists, IRS intimidation of groups and individuals who oppose government policies, and information collected on citizens that becomes quite handy.

• Demonizing and destroying the livelihood of anyone — from members of the Tea Party to rodeo clowns — who dares to criticize the president.

• Controlling economic resources via EPA and other regulations despite negative economic consequences.

Read the whole thing, there is much more.

Socialism: The Signs Are There For Anyone Who Cares To Look – The Lonely Conservative

"GTP"
USA-USA-USA
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My, what a liar. Well, you little swastika armband is no longer in the closet now. LOL

 

[yiostheoy]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Sounds just like the beginning of WW1.

Fortunately the world did not end then either.

 

[yiostheoy]

There are med's that you can get a prescription for which will help you with extreme paranoia.

 

[Old Rocks]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Nothing wrong with an actual sovereign nation with strong borders. Borders and border control try to ensure that those who seek to enter a nation are not a threat to the nation's citizens.
The new administration isn't demonstrating a disdain for our citizens rights. You can still go where you want inside or outside the country.....well.....North Korea isn't too keen on letting folks in and will kill those seeking to leave.
The enemy has clearly identified itself. Even London's mayor has said that if the United States doesn't freely take in Muslims (with the goal to change the U.S. from within), Islamists will step up attacks on the nation.
Supremacy of the military. Last I checked, the United States wasn't a military junta. The military currently is ranked number one in the world, however, it is slipping towards second place after China and there is nothing wrong with maintaining a nation with a first rate military.
Rampant sexism? Hmmm, I believe you are confusing the U.S. with the Islamic nations. They don't come any more sexist than Islam. In Islam, women are only valuable for procreation, otherwise considered worthless. Do your research.
If the media was indeed controlled, there would only be Fox News, however, MSNBC, CNN, et cetera are clearly mouthpieces for the far left. They all need to focus on what is happening to Europe since its mass immigration.
Obsession with National Security? Hmmm...9/11, Orlando, San Bernardino, Boston Marathon bombings. No national security equals no safety at all.
Religion and government entwined....not to the point with which Muslim nations have. Theirs aren't only intertwined, the Imams, Mullahs, Ayatollahs and Clerics rule those nations and once they have enough numbers here, the same would happen.
Corporate power protected.....agreed. Too much protection. In China, if companies cause the death of people, they execute the head of the company. I like that policy.
Labor suppressed: The labor here is protected far better than in many other nations and in fact labor in many nations is no better than "slave" labor working for pennies on the dollar.
Obsession with crime and punishment: Get robbed a few times and see how pro-crime you are. Evidently, base on that simple statement, you are for "not" punishing criminals and that's absurd.
Rampant cronyism and corruption. Please point to a nation that doesn't have cronyism and corruption to some degree.
Go live in Mexico or Russia, come back and compare. Those two nations thrive on those things.
Fraudulent elections: None here. Candidates for the House and Senate are elected by local popular vote. Per our founding Constitution, candidates for the presidency are and always have been, elected by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Let's see now.....England, the lower house of Parliament is elected by the people. The upper Parliament is the House of Lords, chosen by the Queen from the upper crust of society.
China....The politburo tells the people who their candidates can be and the people get to pick from only those candidates. North Korea....The next-of-kin to the supreme leader gets selected by the supreme leader. The public doesn't have a say.
Iran....The Islamic supreme council (300 men) approve who may or may not run for office. The people only get to pick from the council's picks.
Russia....The people actually get to vote for the candidate of their choice for president. However, opponents have a tendency to turn up poisoned, imprisoned, or disappear. That has a tendency to limit the choices.
The EU: That has a rotating head of state, chosen by the prime ministers of the member nations. The people in each nation has no say (hence why England voted get out of the EU, as some other nations are now considering. Ultimately, the concept of a one-world government with no borders isn't going over too well with the peoples of nations being invaded by hordes of Islamists bent on destroying the nations cultures and heritages.

Not bothering to real all of that ill written drivel.

None of the states in the travel ban have had citizens that have killed people in the US. Nations excepted from the ban, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pakistan have. Now what kind of sense does that make? Of course, except that Trump has economic investments in those nations.

And we saw Trump ask for and receive Russian help during the campaign.

 

[LuckyDuck]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Nothing wrong with an actual sovereign nation with strong borders. Borders and border control try to ensure that those who seek to enter a nation are not a threat to the nation's citizens.
The new administration isn't demonstrating a disdain for our citizens rights. You can still go where you want inside or outside the country.....well.....North Korea isn't too keen on letting folks in and will kill those seeking to leave.
The enemy has clearly identified itself. Even London's mayor has said that if the United States doesn't freely take in Muslims (with the goal to change the U.S. from within), Islamists will step up attacks on the nation.
Supremacy of the military. Last I checked, the United States wasn't a military junta. The military currently is ranked number one in the world, however, it is slipping towards second place after China and there is nothing wrong with maintaining a nation with a first rate military.
Rampant sexism? Hmmm, I believe you are confusing the U.S. with the Islamic nations. They don't come any more sexist than Islam. In Islam, women are only valuable for procreation, otherwise considered worthless. Do your research.
If the media was indeed controlled, there would only be Fox News, however, MSNBC, CNN, et cetera are clearly mouthpieces for the far left. They all need to focus on what is happening to Europe since its mass immigration.
Obsession with National Security? Hmmm...9/11, Orlando, San Bernardino, Boston Marathon bombings. No national security equals no safety at all.
Religion and government entwined....not to the point with which Muslim nations have. Theirs aren't only intertwined, the Imams, Mullahs, Ayatollahs and Clerics rule those nations and once they have enough numbers here, the same would happen.
Corporate power protected.....agreed. Too much protection. In China, if companies cause the death of people, they execute the head of the company. I like that policy.
Labor suppressed: The labor here is protected far better than in many other nations and in fact labor in many nations is no better than "slave" labor working for pennies on the dollar.
Obsession with crime and punishment: Get robbed a few times and see how pro-crime you are. Evidently, base on that simple statement, you are for "not" punishing criminals and that's absurd.
Rampant cronyism and corruption. Please point to a nation that doesn't have cronyism and corruption to some degree.
Go live in Mexico or Russia, come back and compare. Those two nations thrive on those things.
Fraudulent elections: None here. Candidates for the House and Senate are elected by local popular vote. Per our founding Constitution, candidates for the presidency are and always have been, elected by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Let's see now.....England, the lower house of Parliament is elected by the people. The upper Parliament is the House of Lords, chosen by the Queen from the upper crust of society.
China....The politburo tells the people who their candidates can be and the people get to pick from only those candidates. North Korea....The next-of-kin to the supreme leader gets selected by the supreme leader. The public doesn't have a say.
Iran....The Islamic supreme council (300 men) approve who may or may not run for office. The people only get to pick from the council's picks.
Russia....The people actually get to vote for the candidate of their choice for president. However, opponents have a tendency to turn up poisoned, imprisoned, or disappear. That has a tendency to limit the choices.
The EU: That has a rotating head of state, chosen by the prime ministers of the member nations. The people in each nation has no say (hence why England voted get out of the EU, as some other nations are now considering. Ultimately, the concept of a one-world government with no borders isn't going over too well with the peoples of nations being invaded by hordes of Islamists bent on destroying the nations cultures and heritages.

Not bothering to real all of that ill written drivel.

None of the states in the travel ban have had citizens that have killed people in the US. Nations excepted from the ban, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pakistan have. Now what kind of sense does that make? Of course, except that Trump has economic investments in those nations.

And we saw Trump ask for and receive Russian help during the campaign.

Speaking of ill-written drivel, so was the original post.

 

[Old Rocks]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Sounds just like the beginning of WW1.

Fortunately the world did not end then either.

No nukes at that time.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

You left out,

• Laughing at Liberal Idiots

 

[Weatherman2020]

Ah, two little fascist cocksucks denying the obvious. LOL

For giggles, give us your evidence the media is in league with Trump.
And I want to know why Nazi Germany stole all those art items from homes and museums.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Early warning signs of Fascism

• Powerful and continuing nationalism
• Disdain for human rights
• Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
• Supremacy of the military
• Rampant sexism
• Controlled mass media
• Obsession with national security
• Religion and government intertwined
• Corporate power protected
• Labor [sic] power suppressed
• Disdain for intellectuals & the arts
• Obsession with crime & punishment
• Rampant cronyism & corruption
• Fraudulent elections

Thoughts

Nothing wrong with an actual sovereign nation with strong borders. Borders and border control try to ensure that those who seek to enter a nation are not a threat to the nation's citizens.
The new administration isn't demonstrating a disdain for our citizens rights. You can still go where you want inside or outside the country.....well.....North Korea isn't too keen on letting folks in and will kill those seeking to leave.
The enemy has clearly identified itself. Even London's mayor has said that if the United States doesn't freely take in Muslims (with the goal to change the U.S. from within), Islamists will step up attacks on the nation.
Supremacy of the military. Last I checked, the United States wasn't a military junta. The military currently is ranked number one in the world, however, it is slipping towards second place after China and there is nothing wrong with maintaining a nation with a first rate military.
Rampant sexism? Hmmm, I believe you are confusing the U.S. with the Islamic nations. They don't come any more sexist than Islam. In Islam, women are only valuable for procreation, otherwise considered worthless. Do your research.
If the media was indeed controlled, there would only be Fox News, however, MSNBC, CNN, et cetera are clearly mouthpieces for the far left. They all need to focus on what is happening to Europe since its mass immigration.
Obsession with National Security? Hmmm...9/11, Orlando, San Bernardino, Boston Marathon bombings. No national security equals no safety at all.
Religion and government entwined....not to the point with which Muslim nations have. Theirs aren't only intertwined, the Imams, Mullahs, Ayatollahs and Clerics rule those nations and once they have enough numbers here, the same would happen.
Corporate power protected.....agreed. Too much protection. In China, if companies cause the death of people, they execute the head of the company. I like that policy.
Labor suppressed: The labor here is protected far better than in many other nations and in fact labor in many nations is no better than "slave" labor working for pennies on the dollar.
Obsession with crime and punishment: Get robbed a few times and see how pro-crime you are. Evidently, base on that simple statement, you are for "not" punishing criminals and that's absurd.
Rampant cronyism and corruption. Please point to a nation that doesn't have cronyism and corruption to some degree.
Go live in Mexico or Russia, come back and compare. Those two nations thrive on those things.
Fraudulent elections: None here. Candidates for the House and Senate are elected by local popular vote. Per our founding Constitution, candidates for the presidency are and always have been, elected by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Let's see now.....England, the lower house of Parliament is elected by the people. The upper Parliament is the House of Lords, chosen by the Queen from the upper crust of society.
China....The politburo tells the people who their candidates can be and the people get to pick from only those candidates. North Korea....The next-of-kin to the supreme leader gets selected by the supreme leader. The public doesn't have a say.
Iran....The Islamic supreme council (300 men) approve who may or may not run for office. The people only get to pick from the council's picks.
Russia....The people actually get to vote for the candidate of their choice for president. However, opponents have a tendency to turn up poisoned, imprisoned, or disappear. That has a tendency to limit the choices.
The EU: That has a rotating head of state, chosen by the prime ministers of the member nations. The people in each nation has no say (hence why England voted get out of the EU, as some other nations are now considering. Ultimately, the concept of a one-world government with no borders isn't going over too well with the peoples of nations being invaded by hordes of Islamists bent on destroying the nations cultures and heritages.

Not bothering to real all of that ill written drivel.

None of the states in the travel ban have had citizens that have killed people in the US. Nations excepted from the ban, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pakistan have. Now what kind of sense does that make? Of course, except that Trump has economic investments in those nations.

And we saw Trump ask for and receive Russian help during the campaign.

None of those nations will let me step foot into their nations, why should they be allowed to step into ours?