Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism is your Governor one?

 Fourteen Defining
Characteristics Of Fascism
By Dr. Lawrence Britt

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 motto's, 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 fascistnations 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 aristocracyof 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 enforcelaws.  The people are often willing to overlook  police abuses and even forgo 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 aregoverned 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. Image via Wikipedia

Wake Up Asshole, it's Time to DIE!!!

The Hand That Feeds, the future is here, wake up!

Send "The Hand That Feeds" Ringtone to your Cell

Welcome to your future moron! The future is closer than you think. The future is NOW!!

You're keeping in step
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

So naive
I keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?

NINE INCH NAILS~The hand that feeds.

Steve

Coexistance

Cracks are forming in the foundations of our power structure. I am not talking about our crumbling infrastructure, I speak of the foundations that an authoritarian handful of those at the top of the political and religious game wheeling almost unlimited power over "We, the people" 

Those oligarchs who run our country and the rest of the world are beginning to feel a change in the wind as the Internet pulls back the curtain of secrecy and ignorance they have fostered to expose the wizard at work with his levers and knobs, even as he says "Pay no heed to the man behind the curtain" we are learning the truth from independent internet reporters.

Knowledge is power and the internet takes no prisoners. As "We, the people" are learning, the oligarchs  no longer have the curtain of ignorance, superstition, fear and infighting to contain the truth and the conform the masses to their wishes. The Genie of truth has been released from the bottle and will not be contained again.

Church, state and school leaders are scrambling to maintain their status quo as fundamental change takes the planet over. The vast majority of us have nothing to fear with the global changes coming except the closed mindedness of fear itself. We have, or are, learning that every person on the planet is like any other person. I remember back when Kennedy could not be president because he was catholic. Obama can't be president because he is black. All the old propaganda can not hold water anymore.

The only people who have to worry about this change are the authoritarians who tell us how to lead our lives as they hide behind their curtains and pull the levers, doing as they please. 

Authoritarians, your days are numbered until mankind can then live a peaceful coexistence among ourselves without your lies and deceits.

WTF you crazy old man!!!

Do I think the world can change??

Maybe!

Steve

911 and Healthcare Perspective

2,996 deaths have been attributed to the 9/11/01attacks on America.

Now imagine, if you can, a 911 attack every three weeks of the year!

 This is happening as you read this, WTF?!

Every month an estimated 3,750 Americans die because they do not have health or medical insurance!

What sort of barbarians would allow this to happen? 

Members of the House of Representatives, The Senate and all the Health Insurance companies.

 These are the barbarians at our doorsteps! 

Don't let them win!

Steve