We've heard it before. It looks like we're headed toward authoritarian or fascist rule. Many poo poo it, saying "Oh, that could never happen in America." I remember years ago when I used to listen to Robert Kennedy Jr.'s radio show, Line of Fire. It was during the era of George Bush Jr, and he would talk about the ten signs of fascism, and check off all the signs that had already taken place.
Now here we are 15 years later, and fascism is again raising it's ugly head. You see our rights and traditional American values being slowly chipped away. Here is a checklist of what to look for in an authoritarian regime.
An Authoritarian Checklist
- Taking sides with a foreign power against domestic opposition.
- Detention of journalists.
- Loss of press access to the White House.
- Made-up charges against those who disagree with the government.
- Use of governmental power to target individual citizens for retribution.
- Use of a terrorist or other incident to take away civil liberties.
- Persecution of an ethnic or religious minority, either by the Administration or its supporters.
- Removal of civil service employees for insufficient loyalty or membership in a suspect group.
- Use of the Presidency to incite popular violence against individuals or organizations.
- Defying the orders of courts, including the Supreme Court.
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