Fascist governments use fear to maintain power, They demonstrate disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - fear of enemies and the need for security, means the people are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way from long incarceration of prisoners and detainees Dictators rely on Identification of Scapegoats as a unifying cause e.g., anti-Semitic and racial-The people are rallied by the need to eliminate a perceived common threat of enemies or terrorists. Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding. Finally and most important, they use an exaggerated obsession with Border Security - Fear is used as a motivation by the government over the masses.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 02:32:04 +0000
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