Submission + - Ten steps to the end of freedom
mdsolar writes: "Naomi Wolf, never shy to speak up, has published a piece in the Guardian that I found disturbing. It is call "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps" and
it works through a number of issues that have been discussed on slashdot. Her ten steps are:
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law
Her thoughts on number 3 seemed especially provocative to me, leading me to wonder, does an all volunteer army lead to the creation of private armies?
Towards the end she says this:
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law
Her thoughts on number 3 seemed especially provocative to me, leading me to wonder, does an all volunteer army lead to the creation of private armies?
Towards the end she says this:
Other issues, like messing up elections, didn't make her list but what she does cover seems spooky."Right now, only a handful of patriots are trying to hold back the tide of tyranny for the rest of us — staff at the Center for Constitutional Rights, who faced death threats for representing the detainees yet persisted all the way to the Supreme Court; activists at the American Civil Liberties Union; and prominent conservatives trying to roll back the corrosive new laws, under the banner of a new group called the American Freedom Agenda. This small, disparate collection of people needs everybody's help, including that of Europeans and others internationally who are willing to put pressure on the administration because they can see what a US unrestrained by real democracy at home can mean for the rest of the world.