How do they get to that idea? It's a list of 10 steps to fascism.
- Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy - Islamic terrorists
- Create a gulag - Gitmo
- Develop a thug caste - Mercenaries (a bit of a stretch maybe)
- Set up an internal surveillance system - Wiretaps
- Harass citizens' groups - Watch ordinary US citizen activists
- Engage in arbitrary detention and release - list of passengers targeted for security searches
- Target key individuals - purged US attorneys for insufficient political loyalty
- Control the press - White House directing a stream of false information
- Dissent equals treason - you're either with us or against us
- Suspend the rule of law - laws that strike to the heart of American democracy have been passed in the dead of night
Ok, #'s 1, 2, 4, 9 and maybe 10 are definites
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