Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
All the points in that link are applicable to MAGA America today. It is happening in front of our eyes - everyday chipping away at human liberties and targeting people.
What has metastasized goes beyond Trump. If Trump wasn't president tomorrow, this persecution-minded, we've got to "get all our enemies" way of running the country would be around in Vance, et. al.
Jan 6 was the turning point from GOP that sort of tolerates Trump, to GOP becoming the Jan 6 party.
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I think this is a spot on definition and discussion of the different aspects of fascism.
https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
#6 Controlled Mass Media
All the points in that link are applicable to MAGA America today. It is happening in front of our eyes - everyday chipping away at human liberties and targeting people.
What has metastasized goes beyond Trump. If Trump wasn't president tomorrow, this persecution-minded, we've got to "get all our enemies" way of running the country would be around in Vance, et. al.
Jan 6 was the turning point from GOP that sort of tolerates Trump, to GOP becoming the Jan 6 party.
Discussion (91 points, 3 hours ago, 43 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294199
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