http://cmoore.com/2005/09/09/the-fourteen-defining-characteristics-of-fascism/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cmoore.com/2005/09/09/the-fourteen-defining-characteristics-of-fascism/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Grumpasaurus.com » Fertile Ground Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:45:19 +0000 http://cmoore.com/2005/09/09/the-fourteen-defining-characteristics-of-fascism/#comment-1254 [...] It’s a great article and well worth your time. I’ve previously argued that we’re already living in a fascist state (there’s a movie too, and that post could use an update in the post-Minuteman world). Rather than focus on endpoint analysis, Goff’s article goes over much the same ground, but also addresses some root causes responsible for making that fascism acceptable. A how-did-we-get-here look (or, pedantically, a look at how some key elements for the establishment of a fascist state are already normative values in American society). All this from someone who was SpecOps for many years. [...] [...] It’s a great article and well worth your time. I’ve previously argued that we’re already living in a fascist state (there’s a movie too, and that post could use an update in the post-Minuteman world). Rather than focus on endpoint analysis, Goff’s article goes over much the same ground, but also addresses some root causes responsible for making that fascism acceptable. A how-did-we-get-here look (or, pedantically, a look at how some key elements for the establishment of a fascist state are already normative values in American society). All this from someone who was SpecOps for many years. [...]

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