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Tyranny
It is actually pretty easy to see spot it and if you are paying attention - when and how it starts. But you do have to not keep muttering to yourself - it’s ok - that can’t happen here.
I am also reminded of my own twitter bio : “Power for the few will be assumed through the inaction of the many.”
In the hope that as you read this, your eyes and ears are on high alert.
The following is from Robert Reich via Stowe Boyd …
As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically:
Exaggerate their mandate to govern – claiming, for example, that they won an election by a landslide even after losing the popular vote.
Repeatedly claim massive voter fraud in the absence of any evidence, in order to restrict voting in subsequent elections.
Call anyone who opposes them “enemies.”
Turn the public against journalists or media outlets that criticize them, calling them “deceitful” and “scum.”
Hold few if any press conferences, preferring to communicate with the public directly through mass rallies and unfiltered statements.
Tell the public big lies, causing them to doubt the truth and to believe fictions that support the tyrants’ goals.
Blame economic stresses on immigrants or racial or religious minorities, and foment public bias and even violence against them.
Attribute acts of domestic violence to “enemies within,” and use such events as excuses to beef up internal security and limit civil liberties.
Threaten mass deportations, registries of religious minorities, and the banning of refugees.
Seek to eliminate or reduce the influence of competing centers of power, such as labor unions and opposition parties.
Appoint family members to high positions of authority
Surround themselves with their own personal security force rather than a security detail accountable to the public.
Put generals into top civilian posts
Make personal alliances with foreign dictators.
Draw no distinction between personal property and public property, profiteering from their public office.
Consider yourself warned.