It might be high time to start acting like it.
Fascist America, in ten easy steps.
Don't just sit there. DO SOMETHING!
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It might be high time to start acting like it.
Fascist America, in ten easy steps.
Don't just sit there. DO SOMETHING!
in the interest of equal time ...
(snip)"You are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this, 39 years later, you should be shocked by the events that have played themselves out. I first ran across this list 3 years ago but was unable to attain a copy and it has bothered me ever since"(snip)
(snip)"At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike. "(snip)
I thijnk they got
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
Socialism has swept the Democratic party and is making inroads on the 'moderates' in the Republicans.
"The Naked Communist" was a book published by an arch-conservative conspiracy theorist, not by any Communist. The author published these "goals" of the Communist Party, but I don't know that the Communist Party (remember Gus Hall?) ever specifically espoused them or had the capability to advance them, even if they did espouse them.
Naomi Wolf, of course, was a player in Clinton-Gore political campaigns, and her hostility to Bush is not surprising.
Carry on. I have no worthwhile opinion in this one. Just filling out the background.
Naomi Wolf forgot the all important step 11. Give the populace some form of irrelevant distraction so they don't see/care about the government doing steps 1-10.
"Gee, I'd go vote and all but American Idol is on!"
Well, I guess I have a little bit of pinko tendency 'cause I'd like to see nuclear disarmament.
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Naomi Wolf forgot the all important step 11. Give the populace some form of irrelevant distraction so they don't see/care about the government doing steps 1-10.
"Gee, I'd go vote and all but American Idol is on!"
This is funny because some "breaking news" just interrupted my radio program: OJ Simpson is about to be arraigned in Las Vegas.::)
Oh, and ArmySGT.You might find it interesting that our most liberal democrats currently in power are far to the right of even the most conservative parties of Europe. I don't think we are in any danger of becoming a socialist nation anytime soon.Quote:
I thijnk they got
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
Socialism has swept the Democratic party and is making inroads on the 'moderates' in the Republicans.
Socialism is the opposite of fascism. As I understand it, anyway. That statement I'm sure is open to much debate.
Fascism is a subset of socialism ; NAZI is the germanic acronym for the Socialist Workers Party. Theres actually a difference in Italian and German Fascism of the 1930s. The Germanic view was everything for the Race, to promote the Aryan ideal, while the Italians saw it as everything to the State. It is Communism that is the opposite of Fascism. The difference most readily apparent is the ideas on property ownership. Communism in the ideal is that all belongs to the State and is shared equally or according to need. In the Fascist ideology that State controls most or all Industry with controls on distribution as according to need, the businesses are still owned privately. Spain was a Fascist Dictatorship into the 70s until General Franco died.
Oh I lived in Spain for three years and yes our liberal Dems are quite conservative in comparison.
These two different models of Government controlled economies, I would prefer Capitalism, with certain controls in place that were learned the hard way, such as Anti trust laws.
^^So are you feeling good about the direction our nation is taking? I'm not. I'm afraid. Seriously afraid to the point of considering leaving. I feel like there are crazy people running this country, and whenever that is the case, it usually ends up being very bad for the citizens of said nation.
I'm still holding out that calmer heads will prevail, but I (unlike the current executive branch) have a plan B.
P.S. I'm flattered that you've quoted me in your siggy;D.
1. No I am not happy the way our country is going.. Is this what Japanese - Americans felt like? Since the Patriot Act I have been pretty concerned about the interpretations of federal statutes. I am not so worried about this Administration, more than I am about the ones that will follow. See they don't get the blame for enacting the Statute, and get to sidestep responsibility in the way politicians do when using them. Does that make sense?
2. Belize......... i am seriously considering a move. The border for Belize is a 12 hour drive from Brownsville Texas. I recommend a chevy suburban with a diesel engine and dual tanks. The big diesel is very forgiving on poor quality fuel, higher mileage per gallon. Those monsters have tough suspensions, frames, and bodies.
Hot tropical climate grows abundant foods, coast line, British parliamentary style government, speak english,the interior is populated by Mennonites,
Your little line made me laugh out loud, it had to be quoted :)
I am going to post a link. Normally I don't really read this guys doom and gloom articles. He is being proven right many ways.
I used to have a subscription to the magazine itself but let that lapse. I have the whole set of this essay (six?) , though I admit I have read only the first one, that you see here.