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Fascism vs. Democracy
Make no mistake, if you love freedom in America you are witnessing exactly the scenario that would occur if fascism was festering on our shores. The rhetoric against it would need to rival Churchill's in England, or Roosevelt's, in order to stop it. It would creep like a thief coming from out of the night. To save our freedom as Churchill and Roosevelt did, and as the millions of freedom loving individuals did, we would need to recognize fascism and stand up to be counted against it. You have to reach into your hearts and decide whether these are the signs we are seeing now:
1) A strong leader using nationalistic and jingoistic speeches, to rally the angry portion of the populous susceptible to representing and supporting causes and beliefs of hatred and excess pride, to rally around his, a dictator's cause.
2) Telling lies, because there is little truth that the rational would follow in the dictator's movement. Accusing those who refute the lies as part of the opponent's conspiracy against them.
3) Blaming the other side, demonizing them. Co-opting the arguments of their Opponents by .blaming their Opponents for doing what they, the fascists, are accused of.
4) Boldly telling lies against opponents so often, and so loud, that the fascists appear to be the victims of their own lies.
5) Using those who have been swayed or duped by the fascist arguments and beliefs to do the fascists bidding, to:
6) Change the opinion of much of the populous in order to persuade them to have casual disregard and disdain for the country's established laws and institutions, so that:
7) Replacing country's laws and institutions with fascist laws and institutions becomes an attractive alternative.
8) Replace country's laws and institutions with fascist laws and institutions, supporting fascist leader and his government
. If you read the above and you ask yourself; is not our country already fascist? Is it not time for a change? Keep in mind, that those would be the questions the fascists would also ask.
To answer, ask yourself which side supports the principles of Democracy: liberty, justice, fairness, and equality; and believes in laws and institutions designed to promulgate those principles of Democracy, for which those laws and institutions were designed to stand for. Which side believes in the rule of law, and seeks to apply it fairly.
If you question those principles above then you belong on the side of the fascists, and this warning would appear to you as ridiculous and cynical.
A corrupted Democratic system can be repaired by a populous that clings to its principles.
A Fascist system is corrupted to the core.
Franco's Spain was the only declared fascist government that survived fascism's popularity in the early 20th century. It was a country of political stability, even during hard times, but it eventually fell by the wayside, as the people grumbled, after Franco died, at having had to live for so long under the thumb of an oppressive government.
Putin's Russia is a fascist oligarchy, and all dictators in this current modern world, since WW2, could be called fascist. Their regimes are marked by lack of freedom. Unfairness in the justice systems. No guarantees of equality, especially if you are not in a group favored by the ruling party. Little regard for Democracy. Laws and institutions designed to protect the rulers. Peace and stability guaranteed by jailing and persecuting dissenters, or killing them.
If you believe and yearn for the principles of Democracy, then know that the biggest threat is your standing silent while they are being taken from you. Democratic principles are a joke to those who feel threatened by them. Democratic governments have made terrible mistakes, but Democratic governments learn and evolve and grow in positive ways if the peoples within their borders strive to make their lives better, not only for themselves, but for everyone around them.
A government is no better than the people it governs, or as Franklin D. Roosevelt said "a government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it."
1) A strong leader using nationalistic and jingoistic speeches, to rally the angry portion of the populous susceptible to representing and supporting causes and beliefs of hatred and excess pride, to rally around his, a dictator's cause.
2) Telling lies, because there is little truth that the rational would follow in the dictator's movement. Accusing those who refute the lies as part of the opponent's conspiracy against them.
3) Blaming the other side, demonizing them. Co-opting the arguments of their Opponents by .blaming their Opponents for doing what they, the fascists, are accused of.
4) Boldly telling lies against opponents so often, and so loud, that the fascists appear to be the victims of their own lies.
5) Using those who have been swayed or duped by the fascist arguments and beliefs to do the fascists bidding, to:
6) Change the opinion of much of the populous in order to persuade them to have casual disregard and disdain for the country's established laws and institutions, so that:
7) Replacing country's laws and institutions with fascist laws and institutions becomes an attractive alternative.
8) Replace country's laws and institutions with fascist laws and institutions, supporting fascist leader and his government
. If you read the above and you ask yourself; is not our country already fascist? Is it not time for a change? Keep in mind, that those would be the questions the fascists would also ask.
To answer, ask yourself which side supports the principles of Democracy: liberty, justice, fairness, and equality; and believes in laws and institutions designed to promulgate those principles of Democracy, for which those laws and institutions were designed to stand for. Which side believes in the rule of law, and seeks to apply it fairly.
If you question those principles above then you belong on the side of the fascists, and this warning would appear to you as ridiculous and cynical.
A corrupted Democratic system can be repaired by a populous that clings to its principles.
A Fascist system is corrupted to the core.
Franco's Spain was the only declared fascist government that survived fascism's popularity in the early 20th century. It was a country of political stability, even during hard times, but it eventually fell by the wayside, as the people grumbled, after Franco died, at having had to live for so long under the thumb of an oppressive government.
Putin's Russia is a fascist oligarchy, and all dictators in this current modern world, since WW2, could be called fascist. Their regimes are marked by lack of freedom. Unfairness in the justice systems. No guarantees of equality, especially if you are not in a group favored by the ruling party. Little regard for Democracy. Laws and institutions designed to protect the rulers. Peace and stability guaranteed by jailing and persecuting dissenters, or killing them.
If you believe and yearn for the principles of Democracy, then know that the biggest threat is your standing silent while they are being taken from you. Democratic principles are a joke to those who feel threatened by them. Democratic governments have made terrible mistakes, but Democratic governments learn and evolve and grow in positive ways if the peoples within their borders strive to make their lives better, not only for themselves, but for everyone around them.
A government is no better than the people it governs, or as Franklin D. Roosevelt said "a government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it."
