The Fourteen Symptums of Fascism

Well here they are as they appeared on two different radio programs on KTLK 1150. The font looks a little strange being whacked off in the edit window, and I now see that is happening with these lines right here.  I clicked to remove formatting and that did the trick.  The President signed a law a couple weeks ago making "Free Speech" an option for the Government to permit or prohibit at its own discretion.  They are allowed to set up "No Free Speech Zones" virtually anywhere and at any time.  Also campaign workers can be granted secret service protection and an Agent can arrest you for shouting at someone they are protecting.

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need."

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability.

14. Fraudulent Elections. Fascist nations typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

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By the way the whole thing about "Bo" a couple of postings back.  I think I know what that was about.  They are saying Bo was never "Dorian" but Dorian was always Dorian his entire short life.  OK, I can live with that.  And Bo was never connected with Sean Lennon and Bo is not "dull looking".  In fact however I knew Bo as "F S" as a CMK member- - and the bit with the cat is still on.  Bo was with Dylan during the recordings of "Knocked Out Loaded", "Down in the Groove" and "Oh Mercy".  And also sporadically earlier too.  He never wrote anything for Dylan but functioned merely as one of his guardian spirits.

Bo made the move to San Gabreal around 1951 with the other group of "Vancouver Romulans" and never returned to Vancouver again.  They moved to Pamona a few years later but all Romulans left Pamona by about 1956 but a few Romulans remain around the San Gabreal and Fan Fernando missions.  Bo made the move with me and he others when we moved, but then in 1959 moved to Minisota to be with Dylan.  He stayed with Dylan till early 1963 but then left Dylan "because he didn't like the new songs he was writing" and moved to Orange County where he remained for a while got got restless around 1965 and nobody is sure where he was the next few years.  After his "in-cat-nation" he managed to pull off a cloaked Avatar visit to reunite with the old gang and sang on the old Bobby Derrin song, "Thinking About the Things We Used to Do",  in very late October of 1972 with Richi and Black Bart on guitars and drums respectively - - - much as employed by others while they were Alive in another Incarnation such as Carl Wilson did at least once, and the Black Keys did, and - - incidently I have done.

YO YO YO - THIS IS NOT BO - - IT'S A GOLDEN OLDIE FROM THIRTY SECONDS AGO OF "JUST ANOTHER CLOWN, WORKING ON SOMETHING BIG"