Reply #6: Because people allow it to.

[tjwash]

People forget the past, and want to feel safe. Fascism makes people under it feel safe, as long as they are the race/religion/creed that the fascists are. Remember, a fascist dictatorship never starts overnight. Case in point, after 9-11 I was more appalled with how many people came right out and said that they would give up some of their rights and freedoms to feel safer, than I was with the actual attack. There is a reason this current group of thieves evokes it every single minute that they can. It scares some people still to this day, and makes them want to run to big brother for protection.