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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: The Village Idiot on September 15, 2009, 01:31:18 AM
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It seems like all the dictators who started off by getting themselves elected "democratically" have followed similar paths. We can pretty much map them and see if a particular politician seems to have followed it.
Formula for Dictatorial Success
1. While trying to get elected you must harp on how awful it is for people and blame this on the current national leader. You must blame corporations and their 'bought' politicians for every problem under the sun.
2. You must promise the voters something for nothing. Actually you must promise them everything for nothing. You must make them really believe you will fix every problem and give them massive amounts of free stuff.
3. Once elected you must secure control of the media and schools. You must demean and label your opposition as evil, crazy and "out of step".
4. You must use the schools to propagandize. You must have TV propaganda aimed at the masses but also the children. Your doing it for them because the "others" hate children.
5. Selective prosecutions and punishing of your enemies and not your friends and allies. The courts and the lower-level governments must be put under your thumb. They must do your bidding.
6. Get around the legislature while its still possible for the opposition to win elections. Make as many bureacracies directly under your control as you can, lessen the powers of the elected legislature to as little as possible.
7. Have the government control important industries, tell the people this is because the old owners were thieves. National resources belong to the nation, everyone. Put your supporters into position to control industries. Loot government coffers to reward your allies. Raise taxes on "those who have too much" (not your friends and allies of course)
8. Bread & Circuses. May Day Parades. Patriotism must be at a fever pitch, somewhere on Earth is a dreaded evil enemy nation. Ramp up the rhetoric against this enemy nation, blame them for the problems people are having. Accuse all dissidents of being in league with this mortal enemy country.
9. After a while you outright ban opposition parties, rallies, parades and even their very speech. You take away their jobs, deny them welfare benefits etc. Meanwhile factory workers, government employees, schoolkids are made to attend pro-government parades and rallies, give them a bag of beans or rice for being there.
10. Congratulations! You have become a tin-pot dictator and managed to turn a prosperous nation into a banana republic.
Does any of this seem familiar? Then it is very possible that your country has a future dictator in its midst.
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Looks like the Obamessiah has the first four down.
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5&6 the prosecution of the Black panthers election day tirade.
7 - the auto industry, cap and trade - energy industry, bank bail outs.
Actually 8 is the only one I have not seen in play. Unless, one calls Obamas speech's a circus.
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Some historical precedents that segue into the current admin. would establish the premise much more solidly.
Remember, the 14 points that were supposed to paint Bush as a dictator? They were pretty damn lame. One of them was a disregard for women, but I can remember no such "disregards" eminating from Bush and if anything Slick Willy seemed far more closer to the archtypical misogynogist frat boy date rapist.
Just sayin'.
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Patriotism must be at a fever pitch, somewhere on Earth is a dreaded evil enemy nation. Ramp up the rhetoric against this enemy nation, blame them for the problems people are having. Accuse all dissidents of being in league with this mortal enemy country.
There is no 'enemy nation' in Obama's plan.......he's just blaming the Red States.
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5&6 the prosecution of the Black panthers election day tirade.
7 - the auto industry, cap and trade - energy industry, bank bail outs.
Actually 8 is the only one I have not seen in play. Unless, one calls Obamas speech's a circus.
#8 comes after you have secured power. You need a foreign enemy. Just like Castro and Chavez used the US and Mugabe used the UK. You have to turn attention to threats from outside. "If you oppose me, your supporting them and then we have to stop you too".
I give it a year or two.
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There is no 'enemy nation' in Obama's plan.......he's just blaming the Red States.
Not just the "red states'. Don't forget their list of right wing extremists that the DHS released.
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Not just the "red states'. Don't forget their list of right wing extremists that the DHS released.
We're still in the demonizing the domestic opposition phase. The foreign enemy comes later.
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We're still in the demonizing the domestic opposition phase. The foreign enemy comes later.
That's what I was referring to. Remember, the DHS refers to antiabortion groups, anti illegal immigrants, and the Boy Scouts to be right wing extremists. Oh and all ex millitary.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339912/posts
It seems like all the dictators who started off by getting themselves elected "democratically" have followed similar paths. We can pretty much map them and see if a particular politician seems to have followed it.
Formula for Dictatorial Success
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All True, but without the Foundation for Tyranny laid by GWB from 2001 - 2009 Obama would not be possible.
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All True, but without the Foundation for Tyranny laid by GWB from 2001 - 2009 Obama would not be possible.
Love your avatar...
Hows that Blimp working out for you guys?
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All True, but without the Foundation for Tyranny laid by GWB from 2001 - 2009 Obama would not be possible.
Great another troll that thinks U.S. history began on 19 January 2001.
:whatever:
How about this troll...instead of exposing your raging case of BDS to those of us not infected...you realize that were it not for Woodrow "League of Nations" Wilson...FDR...Alger Hiss and some other Communist interlopers in American Government Obama would not be possible.
Communists...Statists...and Marxists were at work in this country trying to undermine the Republic long before you ever attempted a critical thought.
Tailgunner Joe was on the right path. Too bad no one listened.
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Love your avatar...
Hows that Blimp working out for you guys?
You calling UndergroundPanther names?
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Love your avatar...
Hows that Blimp working out for you guys?
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Love your avatar...
Hows that Blimp working out for you guys?
As soon as they get it moved to Paulville International Airport he'll show you what for!
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The goal of Paulville.org it to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters and or people that live by the ideals of freedom and liberty.
http://paulville.org/
100% personality cultists only!
How's that for a foundation for tyranny?