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Fascism
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Is the United States a Fascist Country?
Characteristics of Fascism
| Criterion | Definition | US Rating |
| Reactionary |
makes policy based upon current circumstances rather than creating policies to prevent problems piles lies and misnomers on top of more lies until the truth becomes indistinguishable, revised or forgotten. |
High High |
| Chauvinistic | Two or more tiered legal systems, varying rights based upon superficial characteristics such as race, creed and origin. | Moderate |
| Imperialist | Extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political domination of one state over its allies. | High |
Conditions that foster and fuel fascism
| Condition | US Rating |
| Instability of capitalist relationships or markets | High |
| The existence of considerable declassed social elements | High |
| The stripping of rights and wealth focused upon a specific segment of the population, specifically the middle class and intellectuals within urban areas as this the group with the means, intelligence and ability to stop fascism if given the opportunity. | Moderate |
| Discontent among the rural lower middle class (clerks, secretaries, white collar labor). Consistent discontent among the general middle and lower middle classes against the oppressing upper-classes (haves vs have-nots). | Moderate |
| Hate: Pronounced, perpetuated and accepted public disdain of a specific group defined by race, origin, theology or association. | High |
| Greed: The motivator of fascism which is generally associated with land, space or scarce resources in the possession of those being oppressed. | High |
| Organized Propaganda: The creation of social mythology that venerates (creates saints of) one element of society while concurrently vilifying (dehumanizing) another element of the population through misinformation, misdirection and the obscuring of factual matter through removal, destruction or social humiliation, (name-calling, false accusations, belittling and threats). b) The squelching of public debate not agreeing with the popular agenda via slander, libel, threats, theft, destruction, historical revisionism and social humiliation | High |