Know Why Krasnov Is Blowing Up Fishing Boats
Checklist for a dictator ;
Control the treasury, even take money that has been appropriated by Congress. Krasnov controls the purse strings - check. Crash the dollar and boost Crypto - check.
Control the justice department, appoint an AG who prosecutes people you tell her to prosecute, do not prosecute supporters - check.
Appoint an FBI Director who does your bidding, divert 25% of FBI agents to the gestapo border security - check.
Control the Intelligence Agencies, fire honest people replace them with cronies, appoint the head of the security agencies with someone who will release reports that the dictator wants - check.
Gain control of the military - fire the JAG officers - check, fire honest generals and admirals - check, send the military to the states for a bogus reason - check.
Control the courts, no check yet for the lower courts so the dictator ignores the courts. Control the last arbiter, the Supreme Court - check.
Final stage for a dictator, have the military kill anyone he orders them to kill - the answer to why Krasnov is blowing up fishing boats. Won't give it a checkmark yet even though his Gestapo border patrol may have killed abducted American citizens, waiting for confirmation.
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And yes, the fascist playbook.
10 Small Steps: Executing the Fascist Playbook
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-small-steps-executing-the-fascist-playbook_b_585dfec2e4b04d7df167cfab
The Fascists’ Playbook
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/08/the-fascists-playbook/