1945 US government pamphlet on Facism nails it. We are there now.

[jmbar2]

Heather Cox Richardson posted this, but it was linked to googledrive, which makes me nervous. Here is another more public link. Well worth a review.

Link to tweet

Fascism is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political cultural and social life of the state.

[Aligns with the 7 mountains of xtian nationalism.]
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They maintain themselves in power by use of force, combined with propaganda based on primitive ideas of "blood" and "race", by skillful manipulation of fear and hate, and by false promise of security.

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The fascists solved unemployment by converting their nations into war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army, or organized into labor battalions and put to work in war plants.

[ICE]

Deprived of their unions, the working people could be driven to work longer and harder, for less and less money, so those who subsidized and ran fascism could grow richer.

Nearly every word of this describes today's reality.

https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/1iixv3i/army_talk_orientation_fact_sheet_64_fascism_24/

[dweller]

1. Another source

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Army_Talk_Orientation_Fact_Sheet/Number_64





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[jmbar2]

5. thanks

[rampartd]

2. fascism seems anachronistic in an era of increasing surveillance

of data centers capable of virtually black balling anyone who posts critically.

of subliminal advertising and incredible levels of propaganda.

of drug addled stranglovian south Africans implanting chips into employees,

those still alive in 2030 will be calling these the good ol days.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Ms. Richardson's Substack posting:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-2026

Americans should not be fooled into thinking that fascism could not come to America, the pamphlet warned; after all, “[w]e once laughed Hitler off as a harmless little clown with a funny mustache.” And indeed, the U.S. had experienced “sorry instances of mob sadism, lynchings, vigilantism, terror, and suppression of civil liberties. We have had our hooded gangs, Black Legions, Silver Shirts, and racial and religious bigots. All of them, in the name of Americanism, have used undemocratic methods and doctrines which…can be properly identified as ‘fascist.’”

The War Department thought it was important for Americans to understand the tactics fascists would use to take power in the United States. They would try to gain power “under the guise of ‘super-patriotism’ and ‘super-Americanism.’” And they would use three techniques:

First, they would pit religious, racial, and economic groups against one another to break down national unity. Part of that effort to divide and conquer would be a “well-planned ‘hate campaign’ against minority races, religions, and other groups.”

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[jmbar2]

6. Thanks

[yellow dahlia]

15. When HCR talks - I listen.

[malaise]

4. K & R for

Visibility

[oldinmtdem92]

7. i called them Nazis

clear as day the bush Cheney were fascists clear and simple, they are only getting worse to the point that they are out of the fascist closet openly killing citizens that protest . that is all.

[Shoeless Louis]

8. Have you noticed that Nazis absolutely hate being called Nazis? nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. This pamphlet should be handed out to the armed forces TODAY!

[jmbar2]

12. This is a GREAT idea

Especially when the past aligns so closely to today. It would likely hook their curiosity better than just a current screed.

[erronis]

10. Please see usonian's post with a couple of excellent WW-II anti-NAZI videos

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220927117#post3

[jmbar2]

11. Good stuff - thanks

[Sugarcoated]

13. Wtf

Why are we still sharing links to the propaganda cesspool whose owner actually wants and HAS CONTRIBUTED to turning the United States into a fascist state?

[jmbar2]

14. Because that's where the article appeared

Not gonna self-restrict my media just because Elon is a dick. As long as great progressive content creators provide content there, I will read their content.