14 points Of Fascism.. The Warning Signs.....

[lib2DaBone]

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

In his original article, "Fascism Anyone?", Laurence Britt (interview) compared the regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto, and Pinochet and identified 14 characteristics common to those fascist regimes. This page is a collection of news articles dating from the start of the Bush presidency divided into topics relating to each of the 14 points of fascism.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Some of those 14 points are more about insulting Bush (which is fine) than actual fascism.

Such as:

5.) Rampant Sexism

9.) Corporate Power is Protected

I agree with the sentiment, but this is not a good piece of propaganda.

[Donnachaidh]

3. they ARE included

From Britannica Online Encyclopedia --

"Under fascist regimes women were urged to perform their traditional gender role as wives and mothers and to bear many children for the nation. Mussolini instituted policies severely restricting women’s access to jobs outside the home (policies that later had to be revised to meet wartime exigencies), and he distributed gold medals to mothers who produced the most children."

and from FDR --

" The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group or any controlling private power. "
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt - on the threat to democracy by corporate power

[BrklynLiberal]

2. as Sinclair Lewis said, "When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a

cross."