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lastlib

(27,958 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:31 AM Jun 2020

The Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism [View all]

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
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
4. Supremacy of the Military
5. Rampant Sexism
6. Controlled Mass Media
7. Obsession with National Security
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
9. Corporate Power is Protected
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
14. Fraudulent Elections

Donald J. Trump and his cult meet every. single. one of them.
If it looks like a fascist, goose-steps like a fascist, talks like a fascist...........

(My 15,000th post on DU)

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