The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot is the most recent book released by author Naomi Wolf. Referenced in April of 2007 in her The Guardian article titled [Fascist America in Ten Steps], The End of America shows how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the twentieth century’s worst dictatorships and urges Americans to take action to restore our Constitutional values before we suffer the same fate. The book illustrates ten common steps that can be witnessed in any collapse of a democratic state to one of totalitarian rule. The book will be published in September 2007 by Chelsea Green Publishing of White River Junction, Vermont.
The ten steps
Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
Create a gulag.
Develop a thug caste.
Set up an internal surveillance system.
Harass citizens’ groups.
Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
Target key individuals.
Control the press.
Declare all dissent to be treason.
Suspend the rule of law.
Saw her last night on Colbert. Scary times we are witnessing. Scary how many of our elected officials enable this???
Gee, thank goodness our Reps are outraged over a stupid MoveOn ad and taking time focusing on that vs, uh, bringing our troops home? Giving them decent time off inbetween getting sent over again?
Lessee, that tactic would be “Declare all dissent to be treason”.
Gitmo
9/11
Warrantless Wiretaps . .