brumbie wrote on Apr 6
th, 2014 at 10:58am:
rabbitoh08 wrote on Apr 5
th, 2014 at 5:04pm:
rabbitoh08 wrote on Apr 5
th, 2014 at 4:56pm:
The slide down the slope to fascism is speeding up
Good example of Points #2 and #7 in the 14 Points of Fascism.
14 POINTS OF FASCISM1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism
2. Disdain for the importance of human rights
The regimes themselves viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by marginalizing, even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was egregious, the tactic was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation.
3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause
4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism
5. Rampant sexism
6. A controlled mass media
7. Obsession with national security
Inevitably, a national security apparatus was under direct control of the ruling elite. It was usually an instrument of oppression, operating in secret and beyond any constraints. Its actions were justified under the rubric of protecting “national security,” and questioning its activities was portrayed as unpatriotic or even treasonous.
8. Religion and ruling elite tied together
9. Power of corporations protected
10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated
11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts
12. Obsession with crime and punishment
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption
14. Fraudulent elections http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.htmlThe only Point this mob hasn't covered yet is #14. But I bet they are working on it.
Change point 1 to "Communism" instead of "Nationalism"
and it kinda reads like the lefties manual?
Socio-fascist to the core the lot of them - masquerading as true patriots of the people while screwing the people royally and imposing the very things discussed above piece by piece, and all for their own benefit.
Our allegedly 'socialist' Carr government here in NSW imposed some of the most draconion 'laws' and abuses of Law and end runs around the Rule of Law in the history of this state - in order to seek a 'tame society' - i.e. one that they controlled totally by force and fear.
That is the true genesis of the 'DV' laws, 'zero tolerance', 'gun laws', lowest drink driving level in the world, and all the other petty rubbish that passed for government - and has never been set to rights except in one arena - the NSW Police have woken up to the fact that they were (and sometimes still are) The Enemies Of The People - and not their friends - a situation they are trying to rectify now with employment of (some) totally honest cops. similarly the courts are seeking to set their house in order - but they have a hell of a long way to go before they truly exercise the Rule of Law and its requirements. **
Thus is the way of the 'socialist' - who once in control is the same as the Fascist they claim to oppose.
** I wonder how the Professor of Peace Studies with whom I clashed ideologically on the issue of 'governmental violence against the people' (a Sri Lankan BTW - unless the Guv is shooting your people on sight, the Guv is not violent LMAO) is feeling these days, some years later, when the 'new information' keeps pouring in on the true nature of Violence by government and its agencies..... and on the true nature of a Violent Society stemming from the top down.
Perhaps he may consider a second look at my very learned dissertation on that issue - I could do with that extra Ph.D. - got a blank space on the wall waiting for it.