Early warning signs.

[onecaliberal]

EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF
FASCISM
Powerful and Continuing
NATIONALISM
DISDAIN FOR 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 & THE ARTS
OBSESSION WITH CRIME & PUNISHMENT
RAMPANT CRONYISM & CORRUPTION
FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS
- Laurence W. Britt

[Auggie]

1. K&R

[FrankTC]

2. Nice List -- I'd Add Subversion of the Rule of Law

Subversion of the rule of law, dictatorial control by some sort of supreme leader asshole, and ideological capture of the courts (stacking them with judges attuned to the current ideology and beholden to the supreme asshole).

[cilla4progress]

3. Interestingly both authoritarianism / fascism

and freedom / independence seem to be human drives.

At odds with each other.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes it is part of the human struggles always.

[Martin68]

4. A few commas would help make this post more comprehensible. All caps doesn't help either legibility

or comprehension. I'd be happy to edit this if needed...

https://www.syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/poster-early-warning-signs-of-fascism

[republianmushroom]

6. Yep and they are being displayed every day.

[peppertree]

7. If it quacks like a duck...

Today's GOP is only major party in the entire developed world (and much of the developing) that meets all major criteria for fascism.

And then some.