>>107346739The 14 Characteristics of Fascism by Dr. Lawrence Britt (based on studying the regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Pinochet, and Suharto)
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
American exceptionalism
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
Purging civil rights history from the military; restoring Confederate names and monuments; calling the Smithsonian and Black History Museums "anti-American," the rejection of due process; erasing all women and people of color from the Arlington Cemetery website.
3. Identification of Enemies and Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
"They're poisoning the BLOOD of our country."
4. Supremacy of the Military
51st state; regime change in Venezuela; hellbent on taking Greenland and Panama by any means necessary; preparing to launch drone strikes in Mexico (totally not another regime change btw).
5. Rampant Sexism
The Christian right's hostility towards the 19th Amendment and reproductive healthcare
6. Controlled Mass Media
Threatening to revoke broadcast licenses from any outlet that criticizes him; defunding PBS and NPR for criticizing him; shutting down VOA and installing a Trump loyalist to remake it in his image; Trump megadonors buying major outlets.
7. Obsession with National Security
"We need Greenland for national security purposes;" committing war crimes and starting another imperialist neocon war for oil in the name of "national security."
8. Religion and Government Intertwined
Bibles and 10 Commandments in classrooms
9. Corporate Power is Protected
DOGE and BBB
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
Collective bargaining rights for unions ended.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
Political lawfare against universities; purging the Kennedy Center board for being "woke."
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Using War on Terror and War on Drugs propaganda, and fear of crime to justify martial law tactics and concentration camps.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
Trump pardoning loyalists while making business deals and exchanges favors with his megadonors, and taking bribes from foreign governments.
14. Fraudulent Elections
Trump 2028 merch already being sold; Dominion Voting Systems purchased by Trump megadonor.
All of the characteristics are there. If you still belief it can't happen here, you will be the reason why it does.
