The Ten Steps Of Fascism

Original article by Ernest Stewart on
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1. Create a terrifying internal and external enemy.

A good place to look for this enemy is in a minority population within the country. Some group already marginalized by the people. You can do this by staging a false flag attack, by burning down your Reichstag or by looking the other way while your patsies fly airliners into buildings. Then you...

2. Create your very own gulag archipelago.

To be really effective these concentration camps should be both foreign and domestic. Just as Bush has done throughout the world from Poland to Cuba to Texas. Once they are established and accepted by the populace you may begin building them locally. You'll then need to...

3. Develop your own "Brown Shirted" Thugs.

They can be a private army like Amerikkka's very own Blackwater who'll work hand-in-hand with the local Gestapo as they did in New Orleans in the round up of all those pesky darkies from their private property. These groups are used not only to intimidate your target group but the general populace as well. An example could be the RNC hit squads sent to Florida to disrupt the vote recount back in December 2000. Or as recently as last week when the so-called "gathering of eagles" gang got their kicks by attacking unsuspecting, peaceful, anti-war protestors; I understand that beating old men and little girls is a specialty of theirs. The next step is to...

4. Set up a surveillance system.

First you'll announce that this will only be used against the enemy and not against citizens but soon it will become apparent that everyone is being watched. The citizenry will then be told that if they have nothing to hide they shouldn't be concerned, The state will then suggest that neighbors spy on neighbors thus splitting the citizens up. This is important because it's the only practical way to control the population with just 4% of the people in power and the other 96% as slaves. If the people stand together the dictatorship will fail. Once the people are being watched then it's time to...

5. Attack citizens' groups

The best way to do this to infiltrate the groups being targeted whether it's church or anti-war groups. This is an old American tradition dating back centuries and is very effective, especially when the group suspects that one or more of it's members is working for the state. This will, of course, begin to splinter the group which may be the most important thing that the state can do. Then...

6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release

Ask any of the anti-war protestors how this works. I'm willing to bet that Cindy Sheehan and Ken Ashe could write several books on the subject. This is designed to make examples and scare the general populace. This is also very popular in China and Russia except that there they are not really "catch and release" programs but catch, announce and keep programs! Next you'll need to...

7. Target opposition leaders...

A leaderless army becomes a mob and is easily dealt with. In a tradition that dates back to the Romans, dictators target members of academia as they did in Italy and Germany during WWII and as we have done today on campuses all across America. Other good targets are entertainers. Ask Yoko what they did to John Lennon during the Vietnam War or the Dixie Chicks how this works today! Of course, none of this will work unless you...

8. Control the Media

While most all of the media has long been controlled by various and sundry corpo-rat goons they were forced for the most part to give both sides of a story if they wanted to stay in business. The most important part of the media, i.e. TV, was ruled by a "Fairness Doctrine" from 1949 until the Crime Family Bush had it repealed by their puppet, old Dementia Head, and the judicial criminals Robert Bork and Antonin (Tony Light-Fingers) Scalia and the head of the FCC, a Ray-Guns appointee who ended the law in 1987 saying that it interfered with 1st amendment rights. So now all TV "news" is carefully controlled rat-wing nonsense, where you never ever hear the truth. Do you wonder why the Sheeple are brain washed? The next step is claiming that...

9. Dissent equals treason

You're either with us, or against us! Ring any bells? After you've done all of the above the final step to the "final solution" is to...

10. Suspend the rule of law

From signing statements putting Smirky above the law to "The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" giving him control of the National guard through the "Military Commissions Act" which suspends the 6th amendment amongst other things. Step by step the fascists in control of America have bit-by-bit chiseled away most of our rights. In fact, all that stands between us and total dictatorial power is an excuse to institute Martial Law which Bush can do whenever it pleases him.