DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceBritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceBritt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> Numbers 1 and 11...</p><p>1. Powerful and Continuing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a><br> Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patriotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patriotic</span></a> mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flags</span></a> are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.</p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.</p><p>Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums</p><p>by Max Matza, 3/27/2025</p><p>"US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City.</p><p>"The order directs the vice-president to 'eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology' from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.</p><p>"It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which 'have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history'.</p><p>"The move is part of Trump's effort to shape American culture, in addition to politics."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjy1jmvvwzo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cdjy1jmv</span><span class="invisible">vwzo</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a></p>