These look somewhat familiar...

[ellyssian]

The 14 Common Threads of Fascism

1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism
2. Disdain for the importance of human rights
3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause
4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism
5. Rampant sexism
6. A controlled mass media
7. Obsession with national security
8. Religion and ruling elite tied together
9. Power of corporations protected
10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated
11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts
12. Obsession with crime and punishment
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption
14. Fraudulent elections

Thanks to nebris for pointing them out...

Comments

[thewrongcrowd.livejournal.com]

Damn, Skippy. :(

If there's not a change in leadership direction in this country soon, I'm afraid we're in for real hell in the foreseeable future.

[blackbyrd2.livejournal.com]

These are laid out in any number of websites, often with more detail, which helps one recognize these trends in our society. (Including things which the flash demo overlooks or neglects to specifically mention.)

Dr Britt's original article is linked from the page above.

Here's another for you that I haven't linked in a while.

George Bush channels George Orwell. This is dated way back in 2002, btw. We've moved on to even better things since then.

[blackbyrd2.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry.

Dr Britt's article is here.

My bad.

[nebris.livejournal.com]

Thanx. /ganks =)

~M~

[blackbyrd2.livejournal.com]

My pleasure. :)

[(Anonymous)]

this is patrixa at the bank of pc's in the new library. i expect to get a machine this week-end followed soon after by a net linkage.
some years ago i voiced concern re fascist direction of country and was soundly nay-sayed by just about all; hate to say "told ya so" but...