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Ten Steps to Totalitarianism
American Thinker.com ^ | April 13, 2022 | J.B. Shurk

Posted on 04/13/2022 2:24:25 AM PDT by Kaslin

Does anybody still think totalitarianism can't happen here? Ask yourself how many of these steps we've already galloped past.

(1) Destruction of Religion

Any belief in a higher power is threatening to the State. If there is a "higher law" that takes precedence over government orders, then personal morality is a justifiable reason for disobeying the State. America's founding was a product of the Enlightenment's understanding that natural rights and liberties exist apart from and superior to the State's edicts. These God-given rights, some of which are recorded in the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution as the Bill of Rights, cannot be abridged or usurped by the State. For individual sovereignty and personal liberty to be extinguished, then, spiritual belief in a higher power is antithetical to the goals of an overbearing government.

(2) Gun Confiscation

Does anybody still think totalitarianism can't happen here? Ask yourself how many of these steps we've already galloped past.

(1) Destruction of Religion

Any belief in a higher power is threatening to the State. If there is a "higher law" that takes precedence over government orders, then personal morality is a justifiable reason for disobeying the State. America's founding was a product of the Enlightenment's understanding that natural rights and liberties exist apart from and superior to the State's edicts. These God-given rights, some of which are recorded in the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution as the Bill of Rights, cannot be abridged or usurped by the State. For individual sovereignty and personal liberty to be extinguished, then, spiritual belief in a higher power is antithetical to the goals of an overbearing government.

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1 posted on 04/13/2022 2:24:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

review


2 posted on 04/13/2022 3:23:06 AM PDT by sauropod (So may we start? It's time to start.)
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To: Kaslin

Straight out’ta the Nazi playbook!


3 posted on 04/13/2022 5:59:31 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: Kaslin
(1) Destruction of Religion

(2) Gun Confiscation

(3) Control over Energy

(4) Control over Communication

(5) Control over Money

(6) Doomsday Fear-mongering

(7) School Indoctrination

(8) Elimination of Family

(9) Elimination of Cars

(10) Digital Identity Tracking


4 posted on 04/13/2022 6:07:44 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Kaslin
Another view: 10 Stages to Genocide
5 posted on 04/13/2022 6:26:52 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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