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In reply to the discussion: Get One Thing Clear: NSA Domestic Spy Op Is FASCISM [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Two weeks of he army in the streets, checkpoints in the state of Guerrero for agricultural goods (and guerrilla). But otherwise pretty normal, with the knowledge you still had elections, part of the scenery mind you, you still had a free press, that was stenography, with people who knew that the dictablanda could turn hard in an instant.
Criticism was allowed, even mass marches...but ll had to keep within an accepted area, or the riot police was let lose (think occupy that violated those limits).
We even are calling what we have turnkey tyranny.
The Philippines was a dictatorship.
As I said, no idea.
The limits of this one and the similarities...are incredible...the parallels are actually chilling. And that includes corruption, in fact, at the highest of levels it's equal or above...
It is part of it.
But nope, you have not lived in what I am talking about. It is discussed in poli sci journals from time to time though...if you want to research it.