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7 Signs of Tyranny

Posted on: February 23, 2017 at 17:44:28 CT
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7 Signs of Tyranny
As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically do 7 things:

1. They exaggerate their mandate to govern – claiming, for example, that they won an election by a “landslide” even after losing the popular vote. They criticize any finding that they or co-conspirators stole the election. And they repeatedly claim “massive voter fraud” in the absence of any evidence, in order to have an excuse to restrict voting by opponents in subsequent elections.

2. They turn the public against journalists or media outlets that criticize them, calling them “deceitful” and “scum,” and telling the public that the press is a “public enemy.” They hold few, if any, press conferences, and prefer to communicate with the public directly through mass rallies and unfiltered statements (or what we might now call “tweets”).

3. They repeatedly lie to the public, even when confronted with the facts. Repeated enough, these lies cause some of the public to doubt the truth, and to believe fictions that support the tyrants’ goals.

4. They blame economic stresses on immigrants or racial or religious minorities, and foment public bias or even violence against them. They threaten mass deportations, “registries” of religious minorities, and the banning of refugees.

5. They attack the motives of anyone who opposes them, including judges. They attribute acts of domestic violence to “enemies within,” and use such events as excuses to beef up internal security and limit civil liberties.

6. They appoint family members to high positions of authority. They ppoint their own personal security force rather than a security detail accountable to the public. And they put generals into top civilian posts.

7.They keep their personal finances secret, and draw no distinction between personal property and public property – profiteering from their public office.

Consider yourself warned.
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7 Signs of Tyranny - Gadfly MU - 2/23 17:44:28
     Spot on - diaclone ISU - 2/23 20:17:12
     Liberal media complex that attempts to shut down - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 2/23 19:22:31
          jim jones has some koolaide for you to drink - Gadfly MU - 2/23 22:06:17
     lol - FootballRefugee MU - 2/23 19:18:00
     "Signs of Government" might be more accurate. (nm) - Evenflow MU - 2/23 18:55:04
     7 Signs of Liberal Tyranny - Obama 101 - Fourth and Long MU - 2/23 18:42:27
     You described Obama and his admin well...nm - bcoop199 KC - 2/23 18:39:10
          Yep.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 2/23 21:12:01
          That is the irony. (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 2/23 18:39:56
     NO - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/23 18:16:18
     A pen and a phone - TGR84 MU - 2/23 18:15:11
     Read this as the 7 signs of trannies(nm) - Fred G. Sanford USA - 2/23 17:49:25
          Honest mistake given gadfly's area of expertise. - RHAYWORTH MU - 2/23 19:41:47
     pickle-esque(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 2/23 17:49:20
     Don't worry, the Trumpsters will call you insane, libtard - MrBlueSky MU - 2/23 17:46:32
          if you think we are living under tyranny - you are insane(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/23 18:17:50
               We are.. but it has been that way for centuries. Trump is - TigerMatt STL - 2/23 18:34:38
          wellll if the shoe fitz - yy4u MU - 2/23 17:49:32
          Anyone can make up some stupid list. (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 2/23 17:47:29
               What's inaccurate about it?(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/23 17:57:31
                    RE: What's inaccurate about it?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 2/23 18:17:08
                         Hey BS, where you go?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 2/23 18:36:18
                              To get a beer(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/23 19:26:44
     Cute made up list.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 2/23 17:46:29




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