{"id":1078,"date":"2008-04-14T18:59:41","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2008-04-14T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T23:59:41","slug":"10-steps-to-destroy-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/04\/14\/10-steps-to-destroy-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Steps to Destroy Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/naomi-wolf\/ten-steps-to-close-down-a_b_46695.html\">This post by Naomi Wolf is a year old, but it is still relevant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s really scary is that all 10 of these steps have already been taken here in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The steps that I most dread are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up an internal surveillance system<\/li>\n<li>Dissent equals Treason<\/li>\n<li>Suspend the Rule of Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is <em>way past<\/em> just &#8220;getting serious.&#8221; It <em>is serious<\/em>. The time for action is <strong>NOW<\/strong>. Talk to someone &#8211; anyone, maybe the person sitting next to you &#8211; and explain this to them. Tell them about how important it is to become active now, while we still have time &#8211; while it&#8217;s still OK to speak out.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few changed minds and a few vocal voices can really put the brakes on this sort of thing. We just need some people to take an interest and actually become aware of what&#8217;s going on and say something. We&#8217;ve become too complacent &#8211; we&#8217;re not interested because we just assume that everything will continue as it was.<\/p>\n<p>But it won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do something today<\/strong>. Don&#8217;t let anyone take the future away from\u00a0 you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post by Naomi Wolf is a year old, but it is still relevant. What&#8217;s really scary is that all 10 of these steps have already been taken here in the US. The steps that I most dread are: Set up an internal surveillance system Dissent equals Treason Suspend the Rule of Law This is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/04\/14\/10-steps-to-destroy-democracy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Steps to Destroy Democracy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[385],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society","tag-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-ho","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1760,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/01\/26\/open-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":1078,"position":0},"title":"Open Government","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, yells yeah: A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. 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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;fun stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"fun stuff","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/fun-stuff\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":562,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/30\/conceit-of-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":1078,"position":3},"title":"Conceit of Government","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 30, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"What's wrong with them? 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