Mining Sector Ideas

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Here's a synopsis of Naomi Wolf's presentation from 2007 (last post). She's a Dem, and was concerned about the 'Patriot Act' and other threats to our individual freedoms. But over time the Dems became even more intolerant of free speech than the Reps supposedly were, so it's a universal phenomenon where power will always seek additional power -

10 Steps for all would be Dictators -

Italy - 1920s (Mussolini)
Germany - 1930s (Hitler)
Russia - 1930s (Stalin)
East Germany - 1950s
Czechoslovakia - 1960s
Chile - 1970s (Pinochet)
China - late 1980s
US - post 9-11


- A terrifying internal or external event, real or fabricated, hyped by the would be dictator.

- Creation of an unaccounable prison system outside the rule of law.

- Develop a paramilitary force that is not answerable to the people.

- Create a surveillance apparatus aimed at ordinary citizens.

- Infiltrate and harass citizen's groups.

- Target key individuals who are critical of government policies.

- Restrict the press. Opposition journalism is labeled treason.

- Criticism is re-cast as treason, and dissent as espionage.

- Martial law.




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