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"Enkidu the Atheist" |
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25 Jun 2005 08:12:45 AM |
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FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about fascism
which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine, a journal of humanist thought.
Dr. Britt studied the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini
(Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile). He
found the regimes all had 14 things in common, and he calls these the
identifying characteristics of fascism. The article is titled "Fascism
Anyone?," and appears in Free Inquiry’s Spring 2003 issue on page 20.
The 14 characteristics are:
1.. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist regimes tend to make
constant use of patriotic mottos, 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’ of 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 government if fascist nations tend to be almost
exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender
roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is
homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
6.. Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes the media is directly controlled by
the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by
government regulation, or through sympathetic media spokespeople and
executives. Censorship, especially in wartime, is very common.
7.. Obsession with National Security – Fear is used as a motivation 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
aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government
leaders in 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 is openly attacked, and governments
often refuse to fund the arts.
12.. Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Under fascist regimes, the
police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are
often willing to overlook police abuses, and even forego 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 are
governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to
government positions, and who use governmental power and authority to
protect their friends from accountability.
14.. Fraudulent Elections – Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a
complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns
against (or even the assassination of) the opposition candidates, the use
of legislation to control voting numbers or political district
boundaries, and the manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also
typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
http://www.chetzar.com/fascism.html
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplin and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for
crossword puzzles.
-- Keith Preston
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| User: "Clayton Doesnt Believe In Sex Before Rigor-Mortis" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 06:15:49 PM |
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"Enkidu the Atheist" <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4...
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
<snip list>
Well that's fourteen checks for the Bush administration....in fact it
appears to be the manifesto Dubya has based his entire presidency on!!
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| User: "Kate " |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 06:23:01 PM |
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:15:49 +1000, "Clayton Doesn't Believe In Sex
Before Rigor-Mortis" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote:
"Enkidu the Atheist" <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4...
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
<snip list>
Well that's fourteen checks for the Bush administration....in fact it
appears to be the manifesto Dubya has based his entire presidency on!!
Interestingly enough, it's pretty much a list of the bad things that
fascism is known to do to the citizens and the neo-conservatives think
it matches, but it could not be really be fascism.
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| User: "R. Pierce Butler" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 10:04:34 AM |
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Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4:
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about fascism
which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine, a journal of humanist thought.
Who is this Britt fellow anyway? I can find thousands of links to the
article, but nothing on the man.
rj
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| User: "Martin" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 10:40:12 AM |
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R. Pierce Butler wrote:
Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4:
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about fascism
which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine, a journal of humanist thought.
Who is this Britt fellow anyway? I can find thousands of links to the
article, but nothing on the man.
rj
word on the street has it that he's a fake
http://www.davidcorn.com/2005/01/talking_back_to.php
.............................
"ROFLMAO!!!!! Uh, Jim....that "Dr. Lawrence Britt"....is a HOAX!
He's not a "Doctor" and may not even exist...part of that "America:
2012" or whatever "Orwellian NOVEL" advertized here and at The
Nation...but his "14 Signs" are being posted on the blogs by liberals
who think he's a "real history professor".
Proof?...Google him and find out "what university he's facultied at, or
where he got his doctorate"?...Best case, he's a former member of the
Czech Intell Service, but NOT a PhD."
............................
I'm kind of inclined to agree, there should be a bio of him somewhere
online. Some sites are claiming he wrote a definitive book on Hitler,
but Amazon don't seem to have anything listed as him being the author
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| User: "R. Pierce Butler" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 12:16:49 PM |
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Martin <martin_nospam@btinternet.com> wrote in news:42bd7ad5$0$24452$da0feed9
@news.zen.co.uk:
R. Pierce Butler wrote:
Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4:
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about fascism
which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine, a journal of humanist thought.
Who is this Britt fellow anyway? I can find thousands of links to the
article, but nothing on the man.
rj
word on the street has it that he's a fake
http://www.davidcorn.com/2005/01/talking_back_to.php
............................
"ROFLMAO!!!!! Uh, Jim....that "Dr. Lawrence Britt"....is a HOAX!
He's not a "Doctor" and may not even exist...part of that "America:
2012" or whatever "Orwellian NOVEL" advertized here and at The
Nation...but his "14 Signs" are being posted on the blogs by liberals
who think he's a "real history professor".
Proof?...Google him and find out "what university he's facultied at, or
where he got his doctorate"?...Best case, he's a former member of the
Czech Intell Service, but NOT a PhD."
...........................
I'm kind of inclined to agree, there should be a bio of him somewhere
online. Some sites are claiming he wrote a definitive book on Hitler,
but Amazon don't seem to have anything listed as him being the author
Actually I think I have found him or at least his psuedomnym.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1884962203/qid=1119716722/sr=1-
1/ref=sr_1_1/104-4547348-4904710?v=glance&s=books
here is one person refuting the claims made by "Britt".
http://www.camedwards.com/archives/000231.html
Another rebuttal comes from http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/27/076.html
Feel free to read the entire article. Excerpt below.
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"This is a highly flawed article. It is not a very accurate picture of
fascism and frankly was a ripoff from a much better article by Umberto Eco:
Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt
http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html
The Britt article started with what is happening in the U.S. and then crafted
a description of fascism that only highlights those points that will support
the thesis. This is a logical fallacy (the false notion that things that are
similar in some aspects are identical in all aspects).
See also these definitions/descriptions:
http://www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html
http://www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html"
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rj
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| User: "Enkidu the Atheist" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 01:31:01 PM |
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"R. Pierce Butler" <spamsucks@google.com> wrote in
news:Xns96807CE6B6529mc2500183316chgoill@10.232.1.1:
"This is a highly flawed article. It is not a very accurate picture of
fascism and frankly was a ripoff from a much better article by Umberto
Eco:
Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt
http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html
I've read some of Eco's fiction. "The Name of the Rose", "Island of the
Day Before" and "Foucault's Pendulum" were all outstanding. He works as a
professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna.
Thank's for the lead.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplin and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616),
"Much Ado about Nothing", Act 1 scene 1
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| User: "Kate " |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
25 Jun 2005 12:12:11 PM |
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:40:12 +0100, Martin
<martin_nospam@btinternet.com> wrote:
R. Pierce Butler wrote:
Enkidu the Atheist <Enkidu.the.Atheist@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4:
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about fascism
which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine, a journal of humanist thought.
Who is this Britt fellow anyway? I can find thousands of links to the
article, but nothing on the man.
rj
word on the street has it that he's a fake
http://www.davidcorn.com/2005/01/talking_back_to.php
............................
"ROFLMAO!!!!! Uh, Jim....that "Dr. Lawrence Britt"....is a HOAX!
He's not a "Doctor" and may not even exist...part of that "America:
2012" or whatever "Orwellian NOVEL" advertized here and at The
Nation...but his "14 Signs" are being posted on the blogs by liberals
who think he's a "real history professor".
Proof?...Google him and find out "what university he's facultied at, or
where he got his doctorate"?...Best case, he's a former member of the
Czech Intell Service, but NOT a PhD."
...........................
I'm kind of inclined to agree, there should be a bio of him somewhere
online. Some sites are claiming he wrote a definitive book on Hitler,
but Amazon don't seem to have anything listed as him being the author
He wrote the article and the magazine is an established well known
well respected magazine.
Why do you think having a PHD requires one to write books that are
published on Amazon or be on a faculty? I have several people in my
family with PHD's and none of them have a 'bio somewhere online'.
Don't be silly.
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| User: "Ferrous Patella" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
27 Jun 2005 06:50:15 PM |
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news:Xns96803F36FD63D255229@130.133.1.4 by Enkidu the Atheist:
5.. Rampant Sexism – The government if fascist nations tend to be almost
exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender
roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is
homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
Not sure how this one applies to the current USAian administration. Yeah,
they have their sexist moments but "rampant". These guys are weenies
compared to real fascist.
--
Ferrous Patella (Homo gerardii)
T.A., Philosophy Lab
University of Ediacara
"Nature as God's "reality" show - what a concept!"
--A t.o. poster who wishes to remain anonymous
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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| Title: Re: FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM |
27 Jun 2005 06:53:50 PM |
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Ferrous Patella wrote:
Not sure how this one applies to the current USAian administration. Yeah,
they have their sexist moments but "rampant". These guys are weenies
compared to real fascist.
Give 'em time, they're just getting cranked up. >=<
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
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