i am fine & dandy, 'cause despite only having a GED ... i am not poorly educated.
the 14 tenets of fascism:
Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt recently 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. The excerpt is in accordance with the magazine's policy.
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.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!!!
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.
IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE- 'ROUND 'EM UP!!!!' & ' WE WILL DEPORT '
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.
MUSLIMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! FAKE MEDIA!!! LEFTIST VERMIN!!!! MEXICANS!!!!
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. ( except when they are
'suckers & losers, & get captured' )
“I Will Be So Good at the Military, Your Head Will Spin.”
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.
Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution. ~ project 2025 will finish the job.
LOL!!!! link:
Donald Trump Said A Lot Of Gross Things About Women On "Howard Stern"
miss universe.........aka miss piggy housekeeping.......
'there should be some sort of punishment' for women who have an abortion
' proud to overturn roe v wade '
^^^ accomplished ^^^
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
'The Blacklist': Here are the media outlets banned by Donald Trump link:
'The Blacklist': Here are the media outlets banned by Donald Trump
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.
~ project 2025 already in progress
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.
Trump Empire. 'nuff said.
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.
&
"wages are too high" - Donald J. Drumpf.
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 and letters is openly attacked.
unless you are a 'a hand picked professor' at Trump University.
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.
I AM THE LAW & ORDER CANDIDATE!!!!!!!!!!!
' I am your retribution '
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 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.
Look at who angled for a position or already had one in his 2016 cabinet & were hanging on to him .... Giuliani, hedge fund execs, bannon & obviously his offspring....
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates,
use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Trump and supporters including Rudy Giuliani, his former personal lawyer,
urged legislators in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia to take this step, but none did so. (A Georgia prosecutor is investigating attempts to reverse Trump's defeat in that state.)
Nevertheless, Trump and his allies assembled their own slates of electors in seven states that he lost. Those electors met on Dec. 14, 2020, to cast their votes for Trump - the same day when legitimate electors cast their ballots for Biden.
Those ballots had no legal standing, but Trump and his supporters used them to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to discard the actual results from the states in question when he presided over Congress's Jan. 6, 2021 session to certify the election outcome.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wh...porters-tried-after-his-2020-loss-2023-07-18/
The 14 Characteristics of Fascism, by Lawrence Britt, Spring 2003
so, then ... why not try for the U of Arkansas, or Mississippi....
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