Reply #35: I have one.

[Cleita]

If women and the disenfranchised don't have an equal voice in the affairs of state or religion, the greedy men will take over and implement their will.

This is a start. Anytime you have a group of people who are subject to another group of people it will lead to facism because their voice has been silenced.

The Greeks, who invented the idea of democracy, didn't extend it to everyone, especially not women, so along came Alexander who found them easy pickings. The Roman patricians replaced kings with a republic and ended up with an emperor because their government by representation didn't extend to everyone.

Until the least of us has an equal voice in our affairs we will have facism raise it's ugly face. Just having a vote isn't enough. Every one needs true representation to keep the forces of facism a small minority and subsequently ineffective.