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Fourteen Defining
Characteristics Of Fascism
By Dr. Lawrence Britt
Source Free Inquiry.co
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
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. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
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.
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 and letters is openly attacked.
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 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 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.
Information from:
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm
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Know Your Fascismby DLandonCole4,593 views
Great anti-America propaganda. Mixing truth and personal bias.
crowderpea100 2 weeks ago
@913lalilulelo correct glad to see we kept it civil and polite
budzin303 3 weeks ago
@budzin303 so can we at least agree that niether economic stand point is perfect and capitalism history is just as bad as communism
913lalilulelo 3 weeks ago
@913lalilulelo and commuism can be just as violent and power hungy as captialism (captilism hides its crimes better) also let not for get the countless ukrainian's who die from the Collectivization acts that stalin started to in creass food prouduction there where a millions of deaths and millions more displaced.
budzin303 3 weeks ago
@budzin303 yeah america is pretty fasist now days exspecially considering the fact i can't have 1 political view without harsh judgement do to it's dark past
913lalilulelo 3 weeks ago
@913lalilulelo well i make no exusees for captailism explotation of native, other countrys and the lower classes and i consider my self citizen and not a captalist or tide down to any paticular poltical belifed but seeing eltiments of truth in each one
(btw it was not thousand of native americans who were killed it was over 10 million by some acounts)
but i dont like how far we have strayed from our democratic belifes and are now a boaderline fascist state
budzin303 3 weeks ago
@budzin303 yeah i'm communist in the sense of the word that i take as much of my money and share it with others. there are bad leaders who just want power. lets remember the thousands of native americans who were killed so a rail road could be put in for thousands of investers to make money. tell me that communism is bad compared to capitalism
913lalilulelo 3 weeks ago
@913lalilulelo 90 million some odd deaths. commited by many dictators world widedose'nt mean any thing to you? ask some cambodian's refugees how nice the think communism is.btw im not making a case for caplitsim or fascism im just giving facts
budzin303 3 weeks ago
This video in a nutshell: America = Fascism
Grafffhe 1 month ago
14 points, part 5:
13. Politicians at all levels of government are bought and sold by wealthy individuals and businesses, through campaign contributions necessary to get elected in our current system; politicians refuse to act to regulate or tax them
14. Voter suppression in many states through scare tactics, identification requirements, despite the lack of any evidence of voter fraud; electronic voting without verification mechanisms; fraudulent presidential election in 2000.
Nice music!
durinok 1 month ago