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The 14 Characteristics of Fascism
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 or 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 governments of 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 to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.7. Obsession with National Security
Fear is used as a motivational 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 into 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 use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.14. Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.- #MAGAforLifeutopian
- GOP elections rules 101Salarrue
- China & N. Korea score on all countsBustySaintClaire
- This 100x more china than the USA, and most of this is total hyperboleGnash
- Gnash... I'm surprised you're not salivating for the collapse of the great American empire like most Canadians on QBN.hotroddy
- Despite there being nazis around every corner, most of the world still wants to move there. They must really like NazisGnash
- Yes, there are many worse countries than the US but the US is the only country where it's considered ok to say we're the greatest nation on earth.CyBrainX
- Also, none of that is hyperbole.CyBrainX
- People wanted to move here before we led the world by far in pandemic death and economic depression.CyBrainX
- Ya even tho China and n Korean is the low bar to compare to, it's often brought up when criticizing murica. LOLpango
- Sure US is the greatest. Now can people stop trying to move to Canada whenever there is a election?pango
- < Liberal hysterialambsy
- ^ Willful ignorance.CyBrainX
- People who want to move to America probably have never visited.ben_
- This is complete hyperbole.Gnash
- hmm sounds like any collective ideology. especially BLM...deathboy
- nb7
Related to PhanLo's post.
The vast majority of Americans who defend the US health insurance system simply have never experienced the good life in ANY other rich country. If they did, they would not stand for the shitty US system. American politicians get away with lies like "we have the best and most advanced healthcare system in the world" because only immigrants have anything to compare it to, and immigrants don't vote.
The richest country in the world can easily afford public health care. Easily. It's just too profitable for a few big companies and the politicians (mostly Republicans, but basically everyone) are bought off.
A great sarcastic tweet I saw recently:
- The crazy thing is that the US government already spends the same or more per capita as many countries that have a full public health system.yuekit
- That's in addition to all the money that is spent on private health care.yuekit
- Yeah when I tell Canadians what we pay for healthcare in NY they literally can't understand how we fit it into our budget. "How do you afford to live?"nb
- As a foreigner in the US I actually have to say healthcare here IS a lot better. BUT you pay stupendous amounts to have it that way.hardhat
- I’ve lived extensively in New Zealand and the UK. Both of which have great, but far from perfect healthcare systems. US: Can’t afford it? You’re royally fuckedhardhat
- Just don’t be fat lazy fucks. Put down the big gulp and strap on a pair of trainers. Live a healthy lifestyle and the whole system benefits_niko
- I also don’t think it’s about being “healthy” or not. I had to get a colonoscopy and it was SUPER easy in US & I know in NZ it was a bit of a bun-fight to gethardhat
- But like I said, you pay for it one way or another. Point being the healthcare in US IS really good. But only if you can access ithardhat
- Varies from state to state and country to country, of course.nb
- No system is perfect, but to argue that the US is "the best system" is demonstrably false.nb
- Healthcare costs are a huge incentive to be fit & healthy. Chronic lifestyle disease is by far the majority of those costs, and are largely preventable. Do it.BustySaintClaire
- Try do be fit & healthy with Type 1 Diabetes...dmay
- imbecile5
winter 1965- Is that Cooper Italicmonospaced
- no, that is cooper black italicimbecile
- Nice how they've tucked the colon into the 't'. t:Chimp
- does cooper come in not black?ben_
- I don't think so. Cooper is always black.CyBrainX
- Imagine how terrible it would look in regular, or light.ben_
- Oswald Cooper originally designed the Cooper typeface in 1918 softening the edges of the classic roman form, now known as Cooper Old Style.imbecile
- The bold version was released in 1920 as Cooper Black after being requested by metal type makers, Barnhart Brothers & Spindlerimbecile
- lol... zero conversation about the message... all about the fonts
I <3 you guyz / qbn. :)PonyBoy - ^ black fonts matterkingsteven
- lolMrT
- lol king :)PonyBoy
- Nutter6
The NYPD police chief speech, with the police actions during protests cut in...
- lil' napoleon bitchtank02
- this guy talk like he's been taking too much contraband up his nosescruffics
- Make police great again
#mpganbq - That's not the police chief btw, he's the union chief. He is not answerable to the public and will never give a shit about black lives matter.zarkonite
- He Be Wokeutopian
- Imagine if criminals could make the same argument as this asshole is making.nb
- "Do you know how many interactions I have with the public? Millions! And I hardly murdered anyone. A few murders, sure, but OVERWHELMINGLY I don't murder."nb
- He fits the profileFNP14
- pango4
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/art…
"There were two of them, both plainclothes detectives over 6 feet tall and powerfully built, flashing their badges and asking questions. There was weed in the front cupholder, and soon the detectives ordered the three occupants out of the car. As Anna later recalled, the detectives handcuffed her and told her friends, both young men, they were free to go. Then, she said they led her — a slender woman just over 5 feet tall — into the back of the unmarked police van with tinted windows.
Inside, Anna said the detectives took turns raping her in the backseat as the van cruised the dark streets and as she sat handcuffed, crying and repeatedly telling them “No.” Between assaults, she said, the van pulled over so the cops could switch drivers. Less than an hour later, a few minutes’ drive from where it all began, the detectives dropped Anna off on the side of the road, a quarter-mile from a police station, surveillance footage shows. She stood on the sidewalk, her arms wrapped around her chest, looking up and down the dimly lit street and pacing slowly before borrowing a cell phone from a passerby to call a friend."
- Disgusting. Imagine 'stirring a work colleagues porridge'. Yuk.Doris_McSquirter
- that's the only thing disgusts you, and care enough to mention?pango
- ^ robo is backinteliboy
- why back when he was never banned?pango
- Its' a bit gay, though. Still a pals' splooge.
But stuff like this isnt' unique to the US unfortubately. Many cops see this as a job 'perk'. Its' vile.Doris_McSquirter - If her story is true, that is.Doris_McSquirter
- Yep, the return (er, another return) of Bobo. I thought you might be out photographing protests like you used to.ben_
- ^ you read this story and only worry about double dipping huh?moldero
- ahh, reg is open again, Yuri's back, welcome back buddy!moldero
- double dipping, hehe. nice one.Doris_McSquirter
- I think this is Bustymonospaced
- She's not that busty. Hard to tell. Are there better pics of her?Doris_McSquirter
- STFU troll scummonospaced
- And busty is robo, no?ben_
- if you the article, you know it doesn't matter if her story is real. In 35 states police officers can claim you've consented.pango
- for you incels here who couldnt get lucky, here's your chance to legally rape someone.
Doris, here's your chance!pango - Wow. Making light of rape. Plumbing new depths.thumb_screws
- i know right. smhpango
- not godeathboy
- ing to get to into it, but "There were two of them, both plainclothes detectives over 6 feet tall and powerfully built, flashing their badges and asking questiodeathboy
- jourmalism of such a thing where size doesnt matter is extra info to lead or coercedeathboy
- displays an obvious bias. also locally a chick got out of arrest by offering sex. in this case no fight back, not threat. a simple verbal cue, details in thedeathboy
- article dont add up. it could be true, but its all heresay and respinses seem questuiionabledeathboy
- see how it plays out in court and what cards being helddeathboy
- doesn't matter if her story is real. In 35 states police officers can claim you've consented.pango
- @deathboy you are dumb as shit. I'm glad I don't know anybody like you.. sheeshSlashPeckham
- Really you think she traded gang rape to avoid a minor possession charge? You really are the worst human garbage I have ever encountered deathboy. You sick fuckmonospaced
- actually pango it matters EVERYTHING if her story is real. And not totally sure on consentual sex laws of police. but consentual sex is equal for everyone rightdeathboy
- cops cant fuck someone who wants to fuck them. sure on duty dont get caught like sex in the work place. frowned but not illegal.deathboy
- and mono maybe you havent been around to many women. there are all types. two hot chics give you freebie for a little fun and u jive?deathboy
- im saying there are many details lacking of non consent. and it has strong bias in leading in way its written. not objectivedeathboy
- iill be a sick fuck if that means having more knowledge of the world and people an experience and ability to not only identify what is said, but why and whatdeathboy
- isnt said. little tip. what people don't say says more. like floyd MSM doesn't say much about pressing a gun against a preggars womans bellydeathboy
- but if you had the capabilities we wouldnt have this conversation. just except i a bit more expert in these matters than you. i have degrees and everythingdeathboy
- wait... didn't you once said certificated dont mean shit? and now you're bragging about it? LOL you're just flip flopping hard.pango
- lets play a game. say her story is real and you are trying to defend her. do you think you have a case to charge them for sexual assault?pango
- btw i read only the first and last notes you wrote.pango
- autoflavour5
This is definitely going to make things better..
National Guard and Cops going around neigbourhoods shooting at people who dont comply.. assuming they are actual bullets..
- Blimey.MrT
- most likely rubber bulletsdorf
- marker paintsted
- where's the cosplay militia?pango
- #magainteliboy
- Wow. That can't be good.Nairn
- So, if I understand this correctly, they're shooting at people filming from their own homes?Continuity
- Yes, they were standing in front of the door of their home...this is America!utopian
- _niko7
Hayoth and bobo, With your idiot in chief and supreme leader about to ban social media, it’d be a great time to start practicing your new national anthem.
So beautiful, it brings a tears to the eye.
- to make the transition easier for you, we will refer to you as comrade from now on._niko
- Hayomook pounds his fists into sand hoping to alleviate the pain and cramps in his neck from having his head buried in the sand for too long.utopian
- How are your new flatscreens guyz??robotron3k
- Tisk, tisk... they just found out the fascist dog Walker gave heavily to the Democrat pottyrobotron3k
- And she was racist toorobotron3k
- The anthem is a masterpiece, regardless of what you may think of the Soviet Union.Milan
- ya rep and dem are all racists. and one is open about it. america is fucked.pango
- MW1milfhunter
- BusterBoy7
Covid Minestrone...Jesus wept.
- look at those trump supportersutopian
- The Trumps supporters are all safe. The water is actually bleach, thats why you see all white skins.Sellies
- a beach out of bleach for the trumpists.neverscared
- Aren't these people aware that there's been almost 100.000 deaths just in the US from a virus that is absurdly contagious? Wtf is wrong with them?maquito
- all you need to do is put a little hydroxychloroquine in the water, then it's okayspot13
- Don't forget the zinc!robotron3k
- _niko4
ok so sure they cherry-picked the best ones but how can a group of people be so ignorant, so uneducated, so utterly clueless yet they want to educate the rest of us on conspiracies and 5G and fake news and dark states and vaccines and the validity of the church and god? fucking LOL
- honestly these should be some kind of basic fucking test before they allow you to vote. otherwise 100 million brain-dead sister fucking, meth smoking, slack-jaw_niko
- ...redneck bible thumping moron will just vote for King of the idiots once again and you're (we're) all fucked._niko
- Sweating Teddy - LOLutopian
- sweatyutopian
- Education is for commiesMrT
- https://www.youtube.…sted
- don't they teach geography at school in USA? don't kids have globes?shapesalad
- ...milfhunter
- Is this for real? And these people are allowed to carry guns. Thoughts and prayers...maquito
- the last time any of these people were taught basic geography, they were likely ~13 years old.imbecile
- Yuriyoth found a special spiritual bond and emotional connection with these dolts.utopian
- there's no excuse for not being able to point to at least a dozen countries without education past age 13monospaced
- Ramanisky21
- bowling alley? yeah fucking right! nasty places to open during all this.capn_ron
- LOL
Popcorn time!Continuity - Let the good times roll!PhanLo
- some governor's wife is going to be real happyimbecile
- Body Arch Studiosrobotron3k
- RIPKrassy
- Hard to believe I booked a massage two weeks before lockdown. Feels so odd now.SimonFFM
- wtf is a body arch studio?section_014
- That has to be a typo. wtf is a body arch study?dbloc
- *hangs up graphic designer hat, puts on Hair Designer hatnb
- Add to that list Funeral Parlours.BusterBoy
- Body arch = body art = tattoo parlorGnash
- PhanLo5
- Doesn’t look like the typical Trump voterNBQ00
- Probably an undercover agent working for the Deep State and CNN.PhanLo
- I bet when she's close to a motherfucker coughing she puts that hanky on her face quick.moldero
- I wonder what her stance on abortion is.moldero
- https://media.giphy.…utopian
- Think about the choices she have to make about her body when mom/dad who paid this shitty careless life dies because of covid...sted
- @moldero she is a good judaist,
only fucks if successful reproduction is guaranteed.sted - Yeah, because abortions are contagiousmonospaced
- Apparently Soros is paying for Covid-19 infected face masks.fadein11
- Those plugs were here choice too, keep that in mind.ben_
- nb9
"COVID-19 is going to hit us hard, extremely hard. Mark these words."
LOL at fuckin' nostradamus over here.
- _niko9
pfff more like:
Your kids
your teachers
your military
your doctors
your city
your border (people getting the fuck out)
Your Money
Your president
- Ramanisky27
- Can’t tell anymore if these MAGA cunts are trolling or if they’re really this dumb.Ramanisky2
- they're really dumbHAL9001
- MAGA Knowlegeutopian
- sure jesse... sure u tell us about the USneverscared
- If you want to know how seriously this limpdick needs to be taken, here's his official website:garbage
- https://www.jessekel…garbage
- Ramanisky28
A meeting of the minds over at Fox News
- ExpertsNBQ00
- turn up the volumeAQUTE
- When I got hit in the face by a bird, it felt a little like what the terrorists did to that lady when they hit her in the face. It's appalling. Also. all theseProjectile
- hostages with no shampoo OR conditioner, split ends everywhere!Projectile
- https://youtu.be/5Zi…sheep
- Ramanisky24
This is MarkWayne Mullin .. yes ‘MarkWayne’, Senator of Oklahoma. Here he is MarkWayne getting a little more than testy with Teamster Leader Sean O’Brien.
Also starring Sen Bernie Sanders as The Referee.
- https://www.insideho…Gnash
- https://www.youtube.…jonny_quest_lives
- Hilarious
https://x.com/acyn/s…Ramanisky2 - haha... Bernie to the rescuePonyBoy
- thats fucking funnyBluejam
- lolneverscared
- cash me outsidedbloc
- LOL come at me bro!!Projectile
- Ramanisky27
- https://www.youtube.…Bluejam
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ben98
- Systemic racismmonospaced
- Innocent until proven guiltynb
- Money, money, moneyformed
- ben985
- And bud lite_niko
- And football players who kneel during the anthem.monospaced
- and rainbow colored tape on hockey sticksnbq
- ...and unarmed combatBaskerviIle
- and societal decayhotroddy
- #1 threat: drag queen reading books to kids in a libraryyuekit
- lol big cities, just the idiots in them.BabySnakes
- atheismmonospaced
- imbecile8
- That just about sums it up, yeah.Continuity
- No lies detectedRamanisky2
- Do you want your lips to be bigger?imbecile
- lol oopsimbecile
- ^ Well, now that you mention it ...Continuity
- Hot roddy living the American dream. Owning the commies_niko
