Monday, January 03, 2005

Fascism Anyone?

In a recent sermon, our Affiliate Minister quoted an article by Laurence W. Britt in which he cites fourteen common threads that link fascist counties in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power:
  1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism.
  2. Disdain for the importance of human rights.
  3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause.
  4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism.
  5. Rampant sexism.
  6. A controlled mass media.
  7. Obsession with national security.
  8. Religion and ruling elite tied together.
  9. Power of corporations protected.
  10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated.
  11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts.
  12. Obsession with crime and punishment.
  13. Rampant cronyism and corruption.
  14. Fraudulent elections.
Any of this ring any bells?

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