Fascism Step One - Check

Fascism Step One - Check

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I lost four subscribers earlier this month when I suggested that the Washington Post, the New York Times and other publications were paving the way to fascism by starting to obey Trump in advance. Who’s sorry now?

The Washington Post did not endorse a Presidential candidate on the orders of Bezos, its owner. The LA Times also did not endorse a Presidential candidate due to the intervention of its owner. The New York Times did endorse a Presidential candidate.

As a reminder:

Anticipatory Obedience

Timothy Snyder wrote in his book On Tyranny:

Because enough people in both cases voluntarily extended their services to the new leaders, Nazis and communists alike realized that they could move quickly toward a full regime change. The first heedless acts of conformity could not then be reversed.

The election hasn’t even happened yet and already mainstream media organs are censoring themselves, just in case.

As these times separate the gutless …