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86. Sascha Cohen said it best at the end of "The Dictator":

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Fri Aug 22, 2014, 03:55 PM

Aug 2014

"Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let 1% of the people have all the nation's wealth. You could help your rich friends get richer by cutting their taxes. And bailing them out when they gamble and lose. You could ignore the needs of the poor for health care and education. Your media would appear free, but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family. You could wiretap phones. You could torture foreign prisoners. You could have rigged elections. You could lie about why you go to war. You could fill your prisons with one particular racial group, and no one would complain. You could use the media to scare the people into supporting policies that are against their interests. "

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Time to post again the 14 defining characteristics of fascism. [View all] woo me with science Aug 2014 OP

We seem to fit some, if not all, of those here in America newfie11 Aug 2014 #1

The GOP edhopper Aug 2014 #3

Corporate Dems are complicit in all of them, too. woo me with science Aug 2014 #8

+1. Nt newfie11 Aug 2014 #25

+2 840high Aug 2014 #33

Absolutely!! This is not another excuse for partisanship. It's a deeply systemic problem. n/t RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #41

Hell yes..... daleanime Aug 2014 #44

I have to agree, both parties want me to die, and die quickly for the sin of becoming too ill. Dragonfli Aug 2014 #45

You speak for millions, woo me with science Aug 2014 #95

One would think, delete_bush Aug 2014 #97

Are you lost? nt woo me with science Aug 2014 #98

Brilliant response. delete_bush Aug 2014 #99

+ another Scuba Aug 2014 #67

Yup, basically the Republican party platform. JaneyVee Aug 2014 #54

4. Supremacy of the military BlueStreak Aug 2014 #2

That was one of the main stated goals of the national security apparatus post 9/11 . . . Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #16

I wrote one of the first published timelines truedelphi Aug 2014 #56

Seriously? Good God. Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #61

On the website?! woo me with science Aug 2014 #83

I know, I know. truedelphi Aug 2014 #85

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption Octafish Aug 2014 #4

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #19

Not this nonsense again. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #5

That's a great argument, as long as you don't think about it nxylas Aug 2014 #11

Why think? It just hurts Jakes Progress Aug 2014 #34

Someone tried this sad line of argument woo me with science Aug 2014 #14

+1 Enthusiast Aug 2014 #22

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Resistance is futile" Zorra Aug 2014 #23

Where did you find this picture of littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #57

That's the infamous Chuckles, the Sensible Woodchuck. Zorra Aug 2014 #73

I think that's the center square on 'why American isn't a fascist state' bingo. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #51

+1 It also helps not to keep records. woo me with science Aug 2014 #81

When your definition is reached it is too late and conditions have been moving closer TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #17

+1 Enthusiast Aug 2014 #21

+2 Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #52

Can we really post openly? truedelphi Aug 2014 #76

You're free to post openly so long as anything you say is inconsequential. hunter Aug 2014 #79

Great post. woo me with science Aug 2014 #82

Torturers are patriots, woo me with science Aug 2014 #6

Sounds like Russia and the US should be near the top. n/t pampango Aug 2014 #7

You are quite few....... clarice Aug 2014 #9

Our President maintains "Kill Lists." woo me with science Aug 2014 #10

"you are quite few". . . huh???? niyad Aug 2014 #58

I meant missing quite a few. nt clarice Aug 2014 #70

K&R ReRe Aug 2014 #12

K&R TDale313 Aug 2014 #13

Check,check and check...... joanbarnes Aug 2014 #15

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #18

When the "smaller government" meme comes to fruition we will be there. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #20

Some info on Laurence Britt. He's not a Dr. and never claimed to be. RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #24

Looks like we are batting 1000 on that list. JEB Aug 2014 #26

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #27

Malloy read this on his show.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #28

#2 - is this Obama's justification for torture: grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #29

"Must America Go Fascist?" RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #30

Bookmarked LittleGirl Aug 2014 #31

America is all 14 characteristics . Now how do we go back to being a democratic Republic geretogo Aug 2014 #32

It'll prpbably take more Fergusons to get rid of fascism. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #53

DURec leftstreet Aug 2014 #35

I Hope Dr. Britt Credited Umberto Eco: "14 Ways Of Looking At A Blackshirt" cer7711 Aug 2014 #36

K&R n/t bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #37

You've been talking about this since DU was new, bobthedrummer. Octafish Aug 2014 #38

Number 5 tea and oranges Aug 2014 #39

A simpler definition is better. happyslug Aug 2014 #40

Sometimes "simple" is just that. delete_bush Aug 2014 #66

I stole it from someone else, but it reduces Fascism to its core happyslug Aug 2014 #69

I'm not sure where to begin... delete_bush Aug 2014 #88

No Doubt Any More - Welcome To The New Amerika cantbeserious Aug 2014 #42

Recognizing the problem is part of the battle, but it's time we start doing something rhett o rick Aug 2014 #43

Bernie Sanders. Elizabeth Warren. And You! cer7711 Aug 2014 #46

Naw! The three of us are just full of rhetoric. We need someone seriously looking at a rhett o rick Aug 2014 #47

We see so many of these in America now, especially after 9/11. blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #48

It appears to me that this list was written with that intention. tritsofme Aug 2014 #91

One of the reasons WW2 was so terrible is that it created the illusion that we'd permanently craigmatic Aug 2014 #49

Free Download - It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis - How Fascism Comes To America cantbeserious Aug 2014 #60

And those countries that are high on this list are low on the index of global peace (below): pampango Aug 2014 #50

Excellent post. K&R Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #55

k and r as often as needed. niyad Aug 2014 #59

those are simply reasonable steps for our own safety, remember... whereisjustice Aug 2014 #62

Man, why does this list look so familiar? calimary Aug 2014 #63

That sounds like some Teabaggers. sakabatou Aug 2014 #64

Why are you (and most everyone else) delete_bush Aug 2014 #65

^^Lists are really cool and require no thought. Progressive dog Aug 2014 #68

I�m preparing my own list delete_bush Aug 2014 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author delete_bush Sep 2014 #102

can you refute anything on that list--with, as you insist, "footnotes" (why in quotes??) niyad Aug 2014 #72

I put footnotes in quotes to draw attention to delete_bush Aug 2014 #84

you did not indicate where you see that the list is wrong, just some vague references niyad Aug 2014 #90

�keep trying, I need the laughs� delete_bush Aug 2014 #92

wow, I guess I really hit a nerve. you have no idea who I am or what I know or believe, but niyad Aug 2014 #94

You�ve hit nothing so far, delete_bush Aug 2014 #96

This can never be posted often enough hifiguy Aug 2014 #71

I wouldn't argue with 90% of this. brutus cassius Aug 2014 #74

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #75

I have them bookmarked. old guy Aug 2014 #77

Gulp! nt Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #78

K&R nt raouldukelives Aug 2014 #80

Sascha Cohen said it best at the end of "The Dictator": Initech Aug 2014 #86

Nice cantbeserious Aug 2014 #87

10 Similarities Between Ultra-Conservative Republicans and Nazis GiveEmEnoughRope Aug 2014 #93

in reading some of the responses to this list, I am reminded of a quote attributed to voltaire: niyad Aug 2014 #100

My question to you would be, delete_bush Aug 2014 #101