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Fourteen Defining
Characteristics Of Fascism
By Dr. Lawrence Britt
Source Free Inquiry.co
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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.

From Liberty Forum
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm

2007-10-17 15:35:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Politics

11 answers

1. "Fight them there so we don't have to fight them here!" "Either you are with us or with the terrorists." "They hate us because of our freedom!"
2. Mitt Romney wants to double Guantanamo, and there is considerable evidence for prisons abroad. Anyone can be deemed an "enemy combatant"
3. The Muslims and Islamo-Fascists who hate our freedoms, as opposed to foreign policy.
4. $460 Billion on Iraq War, money for Homeland Security, etc...
5. Abortion and homosexuality opposed, not yet suppressed
6. We've been sold the Iraq War, and now Iran
7. One of the largest expansions of government in U.S. history (Homeland Security)
8. "Doing God's work" This one is pretty obviously there
9. Halliburton, KBR, Dynacorp, Diebold, formerly Enron
10. Not sure if we're here yet.
11. Emerging conservative movement to not let professors express political opinions
12. You can hear about police brutality daily. Billions of dollars spent on Drug War. Still isn't exactly a Gestapo....
13. It's called the spoils system, but yes it has been abused. And billions of dollars are missing that were supposed to be spent on programs and defense.
14. Diebold machines can be hacked by nine year olds. 200,000+ (can't remember exactly) reports of machine malfunction. Entire groups of people uncounted. Machines counting backwards. Ballots thrown out.

2007-10-17 16:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Ben Has Questions 2 · 2 1

Sounds ok but maybe try & brighten it up a bit. Do you have any killer stilletos? They would finish the outfit off amazingly! Everything else will look fab get some chandalier silver earrings to go with your silver bracelts. If you have a bright oversized bag that will look fab! Have fun at the party.

2016-05-23 06:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by juliette 3 · 0 0

Blah blah blah.

Sorry, but I don't see President Bush smearing fellow Americans over political differences.

I do see Democrats in Congress using tax payer dollars to investigating private citizens. I do so Liberals lambasting anyone who disagrees with them as "ultra right wing, evangelical, extremists" and "neocons." I do see Liberals going after free speech and freedom of religion. I do see liberal activist judges handing out 60 day sentences as "punishment" for raping a 6 year old girl until she was 10, yes four years.

You rely on innuendo. Sad thing is, there are examples of fascism and socialism in American politics, from the left.

Common enemy? Check, Bush the tyrant, murderer, terrorist.

Expanded government nescessary? Check, socialized medicine.

Cronyism? Check, look up the following: FALN, Tony Rodham, Edgar and Vanna Jo Gregory, Norman Shue.

Abuse of government power? Check, Senator Reid using tax payer dollars to condemn and sanction a private citizen and Rep. Waxman using tax payer dollars to form a panel to investigate "irregularities" in talk radio.

How about using children to spy on their parents (that was a favored tactic of the Nazis)? Check,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906717/posts

2007-10-17 17:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

No one disputed the election that made Socialist Hitler leader of Germany. Hitler supported:
Abortion
Gun Control
The elimination of religion or co-opting it
Many of his henchmen were gay and he was probably gay
Socialist control of companies
Disruption of marriage by SS men
I doubt he would like Israel
He was also a Vegan
He practiced the Occult

You are trying to mix to many items and you do not do it well. I see you willfully excluded Pol Pot and Stalin.

You need to read the "Road to Serfdom," a classic and stop quoting some unknown professor and website

Truth can hurt, but ignorance can lead to tyranny

2007-10-17 16:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by julio_slsc 4 · 2 4

Presidents very much like Bush put a lot of fascists in power.

2007-10-17 15:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2 4

It sounds like the party you are at , and I think you need to put down that pipe , before you say something really stupid ..

2007-10-17 15:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by Insensitively Honest 5 · 2 3

The nazi party

2007-10-17 16:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

WOW, sounds just like the Nazi's

2007-10-17 15:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2 4

I am glad to say it does not sound like either party!

2007-10-17 15:42:34 · answer #9 · answered by timbugtiny 3 · 4 2

This sounds like Hilarity and Obahamas secret agenda....I guess Democratic?

2007-10-17 15:42:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3 5

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