McCarthyism
1952 Republican Convention.
"Our job as Americans and as Republicans is to dislodge the traitors from every place where they've been sent to do their traitorous work." -Joseph McCarthy, speech before the Republican National Convention (1952)
"Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?"
In the 1950s, thousands of Americans who toiled in the government, served in the army, worked in the movie industry, or came from various walks of life had to answer that question before a congressional panel.
Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood ‘bigger, better and stronger’ and has cast Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he is calling his ‘Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California.’ On Wednesday, the President-elect announced on his social media site that the three actors would be his eyes and ears to the moviemaking town. (MSNBC)
An Authoritarian government and an Autocratic regime have, over time, become less reliant on violence and mass repression to maintain control. The study shows instead that authoritarians have increasingly resorted to manipulation of information as a means of control. Authoritarians increasingly seek to create an appearance of good performance, conceal state repression, and imitate democracy.
"Step by step, inch by inch" is a phrase from the vaudeville sketch "Slowly I Turned," where a character becomes agitated and violent when a listener inadvertently mentions a triggering word or phrase. This routine has been performed by various comedians, including Abbott and Costello and The Three Stooges, and is often associated with the phrase "Niagara Falls."
Right in front of our eyes, with our eyes wide open, in daylight, no longer in the shadows, TRUMP is preparing his CORONATION, his ANNOUNCEMENT, that HE and ONLY HE will be a judge, jury, and executioner. And all I see is no one trying to stop him!
