The Myth of the Fascist Establishment, Part I By Ian Jobling

Last year, feminist author and former Democratic political consultant Naomi Wolf published an article in The Guardian called “Fascist America, in 10 easy steps.” The article discussed the typical measures governments use to establish dictatorships, such as creating an exaggerated sense of danger from an enemy, building a gulag, and controlling the press. America, Wolf passionately argued, was in the midst of taking all of these measures in the name of the War on Terror. The enemy the Bush administration had invoked was Islam, our gulag was Guantanamo Bay, and our persecuted journalist was Joseph C. Wilson of “Plamegate” fame, whose wife was supposedly outed after he criticized Bush.

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