America: Freedom To Fascism [film]

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"Four Stars (Highest Rating).
The Scariest Damn Film You'll See This Year"

AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM

"FOUR STARS (Highest Rating). The scariest damn film you'll see this year. It will leave you staggering out of the theatre, slack-jawed and trembling. Makes 'Fahrenheit 9/11' look like 'Bambi.' After watching this movie, your comfy, secure notions about America -- and about what it means to be an American -- will be forever shattered. Producer/director Aaron Russo and the folks at Cinema Libre Studio deserve to be heralded as heroes of a post-modern New American Revolution. This is shocking stuff. You'll be angry, you'll be disgusted, but you may actually break out in a cold sweat and feel a sickness deep in your gut; I would advise movie theatre managers to hand out vomit bags. You may end up needing one."
 

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Op woensdag 30 augustus 2006 09:22 schreef 6833-228 het volgende:
Hier is hij te downloaden.

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Op woensdag 30 augustus 2006 22:14 schreef francorex het volgende:

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Maar dat terzijde,

Wat is er aan de hand met video-google? Komt de video online?

'Aaron Russo unplugged' heb ik gezien. Een aanrader.

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Op woensdag 30 augustus 2006 23:44 schreef gorgg het volgende:

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Wat een onzin alweer.
De gebruikelijke claims over de FED. Zo moeilijk moet het toch niet zijn om als je zo'n film maakt tenminste een van je hoofdargumenten te checken? Nl. dat de Fed intrest krijgen op de overheidobligaties en dat de overheid om dit te compenseren de inkomstax heeft moeten invoeren. Maar dat is gewoon onzin. De Fed betaalt namelijk zo goed als alle intrest terug aan de overheid.

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Ik heb die Amerikaanse tax protesters trouwens nooit gesnapt. Zowat alle politici zijn toch voor een inkomensbelasting. Zowat overal ter wereld bestaat deze belasting.

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Op donderdag 31 augustus 2006 00:05 schreef gorgg het volgende:

Ja, ze zijn gewoon nodig om een enigzins leefbare economie te verkijgen onder het huidige systeem.
Wil je hiermee trouwens beweren dat de ECB en alle andere centrale banken ook al in handen van die "Bankiers" zijn (wie dat ook mogen zijn)?

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Op donderdag 31 augustus 2006 03:04 schreef popolon het volgende:

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Zit daar geen copyright op?

Lijkt me illegaal dan.

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Op donderdag 31 augustus 2006 03:09 schreef Overlast het volgende:
Nou lijkt me ontzettend interessant.

Fascisme:

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The 14 Characteristics of Fascism

Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt recently wrote an article about fascism. Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

The 14 characteristics are:

Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottoes, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

Rampant Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

Controlled Mass Media
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.

Obsession with National Security
Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

Labor Power is Suppressed
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .

Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
 

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Op donderdag 31 augustus 2006 04:00 schreef Overlast het volgende:

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Dit alleen diskwalificeert zijn analyse van het fascisme niet, het is echter wel belangrijk te vermelden omdat het zijn onderzoek zo sterk heeft beinvloed.