{"id":12313,"date":"2015-07-02T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.watchmanmedia.org\/?p=12313"},"modified":"2018-05-11T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:33:31","slug":"freedom-fascism-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=12313","title":{"rendered":"From Freedom to Fascism in a Few Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Politicians know this ruse well: If they want to put something illegal or immoral upon the people, they simply create names that convey something good and\/or operate in secret to cover their chicanery.<\/p>\n

The president and Congress have used this old ruse once again as they move forward the so-called free trade treaties, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.<\/p>\n

The treaties are so secretive that congressweasels had to sign nondisclosure statements to view them in secret rooms, and they cannot discuss specifics or take notes of the treaties. Most of the congressweasels did not even bother to read the treaties before voting for them, but they tell us they are for our own good.<\/p>\n

So here we have Congress legislating away American sovereignty through stealth and deception, aided and abetted by the distractive clamor over a Confederate battle flag flying in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

And over there we have new calls for gun control under the guise of \u201cbipartisanship\u201d from Sens. Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin following the shooting of nine Christians worshiping in a church.<\/p>\n

Never mind that the shooter, a deranged, bigoted, drug-addled psychopath broke no fewer than 10 laws in the process of committing his heinous crime. The elites tell us another gun law would have certainly stopped him in his tracks, and removing the flag aforetime would have certainly ended his bigoted notions.<\/p>\n

Next we have, the Supreme Court assaulting religious liberty and the historical tradition of marriage with a power-usurping ruling legalizing so-called \u201cgay marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Propaganda is distortion to promote illegitimate government designs or to promote usury commerce. Behind every propaganda message, there is the transfer of wealth and power to the corporate state. The propaganda covers the slide toward fascism. In fascism, as in America today, commerce and government overlap.<\/p>\n

We have come from freedom to fascism in America in just over 200 years and done so without a shot being fired.<\/p>\n

How has this been accomplished? It is simple. I first wrote the steps to take us from freedom to fascism for the Personal Liberty reader back in 2010. In light of current events, it\u2019s time to repeat it\u2026 with some additions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s accomplished over time \u2014 using gradualism \u2014 even if it\u2019s accomplished long after those who set it in motion are dead and gone. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n