The end of America letter of warning to a young patriot
Author Wolf shows that there are ten classic steps would-be dictators always take when they wish to close down an open society, and shows how each of those ten steps is underway in the United States today. Our Constitution was built to protect civil liberties and develop a careful system of checks a...
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White River Junction, Vt. :
Chelsea Green Pub.,
c2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ten steps
- The founders and the fragility of democracy
- Invoke an external and internal threat
- Establish secret prisons
- Develop a paramilitary force
- Surveil ordinary citizens
- Infiltrate citizens' groups
- Arbitrarily detain and release citizens
- Target key individuals
- Restrict the press
- Cast criticism as "espionage" and dissent as "treason"
- Subvert the rule of law
- Conclusion: The patriot's task.
