04 November 2004

i found this on the ground when i was running this morning on the streets of greenpoint. there was no other info than what i am retyping, and i found it interesting....it's supposed to be a checklist but i can only put bullets in the blog, sorry.

IS IT FASCISM?
a checklist

  • hitler/germany
  • mussolini/italy
  • franco/spain
  • suharto/indonesia
  • pinochet/chile

common to all of these regimes are which of the following conditions?

  • powerful and continuing nationalism
  • disdain for the recognition of human rights
  • identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause
  • supremacy of the military
  • rampant sexism
  • controlled mass media
  • obsession with national security
  • religion and government are intertwined
  • corporate power is protected
  • labor power is suppressed
  • disdain for intellectuals and the arts
  • obsession with crime and punishment
  • rampant cronyism and corruption
  • fraudulent elections

Okay America, what then is this?

  • PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY

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