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This Is What Fascism Looks Like

By The Daily Dish
Jun 16 2009, 9:49 AM ET

This is extremely disturbing - and you know I don't say that lightly. Black masked police overwhelm and beat a defenseless protester. All I can think of is Orwell:

There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always do not forget this, Winston always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.



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