- Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
- Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
- Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
- Supremacy of the Military
- Rampant Sexism
- Controlled Mass Media
- Obsession with National Security
- Religion and Government are Intertwined
- Corporate Power is Protected
- Labor Power is Suppressed
- Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
- Obsession with Crime and Punishment
- Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
- Fraudulent Elections
What am I doing? I'm reading other peoples blogs and blogging things I find interesting.. For those of you who know I've been reading your blog, I usually comment when I have something to say. Me, the day I commented on your blog was the first time I ever saw it. Sorry, I'm not your lurker. I have been lurking since then though, so that's something :).
I haven't been blogging much because I don't have much more to say. As I've told several people who've instant messaged me, after you've used so many words to talk about a subject you start to wonder what's the point. The general impression seems to be that its possible that I'm mistaken, and I might only have food poisoning. There is no comment about the stalkers online and off, so I have to assume that people think I'm delusional. The only thing writing about it has accomplished is giving my stalkers a good laugh and some pointers on how to tell better lies. Offline it has been suggested that perhaps I have diabetes, and very directly indirectly implied that I have a tendancey toward exaggeration. So here I am writing about why I'm not writing about it.
Ok the subject is Fascism. This is a great list. Fascism always looks the same. What do you think?
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lurkers, stalkers, readers, friends, critics, hypocrites, i welcome all
Hm... Well, I do not live in America. But I used to live in a totalitarian country 15 years. So I think:
Yes, many things in America are not nice. Yes, you can find facist elements in it. But the point is that you HAVE PUBLISHED THIS POST AND YOU ARE STILL ALIVE AND NOT IN THE JAIL. In a facist or communist country, you would be in a jail because of this post.
In the mid 80-ties a Bulgarian philosopher has published a book, called "Fasism". His description of what Fasism is was reminding socialist system some. Of course, the author has not said this directly. But anyway, the book was forbidden and suppressed. The author survived due to some political protections (after 1989 he became a president of Bulgaria, but this is another story).
I understand what you're saying, Monster, capital letters and all. I am not in jail, or dead. That seems to be the litmus test. As I said in an earlier post most people are motivated by an immient threat. The problem is that by the time there are enough dead, tortured, and imprisoned it will be much too late to respond, but I do see your point.
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