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Berlusconization of the US

• avs733 9y ago
  Lets just call a spade a spade...this is emergent Facism. Lots of definitions, but lets go with Britt's[0] 14 point test where I would come up with at least plasuible evidence for 13 of 14 just off the top of my head. 1 - MAGA 2 - Yeah...and for the rule of law/courts 3 - "but her emails" / Mexican rapists / Obama / etc. 4 - for years...since Reagan. This isn't new but it keeps getting worse 5 - "Grab her by the pussy" 6 - working on it, undermining trust in the media and centralizing oneself as the only source of real news is close 7 - yup 8 - Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions, more and more... 9 - Oh yeah, agressively look at the EPA efforts under trump. 10 - Yup (Lets talk about Mitch Daniels amongst others) 11 - Yup...[1] 12 - "Lock her up" 13 - I mean...absolutely.[2][3] 14 - borderline...no proof, one could play with definitions here but an ongoing effort. [0] https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/how-the-stupid-party-created-donald-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/how-the-stupid-pa... [2] http://www.businessinsider.com/r-reporters-barred-from-china-event-seeking-investment-in-kushner-project-2017-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/r-reporters-barred-from-china... [3] http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/19/524765086/china-defends-trademark-grants-for-ivanka-trump-products http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/19/524765086/...