A new brand of oligarchs that you don't like as much as the previous oligarch.

Got it.

When Cohen was reimbursed for shutting up Donny's whores, was it a personal check from Donny Two Scoops, or was it a check drawn on the Trump Campaign account?

Not that facts are of much use to Magarglers, but here are some for you, anyway, if only to show what an idiot you are.

These are the 14 elements of fascism:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

6. Controlled Mass Media
Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security
Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt ("Fascism Anyone?," Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20)

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I realize I am speaking to the same Magargler who thinks that Muslim terrorists are fascists, only because Hannity keeps calling them that, but there are the elements of fascism.

You'll note that almost all of them require being a state actor, a government. People may support fascism and be fascists in ideology, but not just because Hank doesn't like them or Hannity says they are.

Anything on that list sound familiar? It should, it sound like the GOP these days, and you can thank Trump and his Magarglers for that.

Congrats.

Fish on...

Todd

Before I read the citation, I figured you were making that list up, to call out all the things this administration has done that hint at fascism. Having seen the citation, I now believe Trump may have used that list to make his agenda, cuz he hits just about every point.

Read that list again, Trumpsters. Realize the error of your ways and vote for ANYONE else next time around. Those of us who oppose Fascism as a model for our government are counting on you.

You're talking to idiots who think Nazis were Socialists because the word was right there in the name. They aren't going to realize schit.

Fish on...

Todd