#Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

June 1st, 2023

"#Fascists come to power, the text explains, in times of #hardship, during which they promise 'everything to everyone': land to the #farmers, #jobs to the workers, customers and #profits to the small businessmen, elimination of small businessmen to the #industrialists, and so on. When this regime 'under which everything not prohibited is compulsory' inevitably fails to deliver a perfect society, things turn violent, both in the country’s internal struggles and in its conflicts with other powers. To many Americans at the time of World War II, this might seem like a wholly foreign disorder, liable to afflict only such distant lands as Italy, Japan, and Germany. But a notional American fascism would look and feel familiar, working 'under the guise of ‘super-patriotism’ and ‘super-Americanism.’ Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naïve. They know that they must hand out a line that ‘sells.’ "

Read more:
https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Link to pamphlet [via @internetarchive ]:
https://archive.org/details/ArmyTalkOrientationFactSheet64-Fascism/mode/2up

#TheBalladOfTheLittleMan #USPol #WorldPol #LittleManWithin #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism

So, I don't know how long this will stay up on YT, but here's the "unrestricted" video for the alternate version of #WorldParty's #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan! (CW - Contains some graphic b/w imagery of Nazis and people starving.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU3M2anr6Dk&feature=youtu.be

#RestInPowerKarlWallinger #KarlWallinger #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightJukebox #FridayNightMusic #PrivateRevolution #80sMusic #ResistFascism #Resistance #TrumpIsANazi

So, until I get #PeerTube figured out, I'll be using YT for a while longer. And to commemorate everyone standing up to #Fascism, my goal tomorrow (Friday) is to upload a rare version of #WorldParty's #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan that was made into an "age-restricted" video (which requires YT registration to view). If that doesn't work, I might try another platform (Vimeo or DailyMotion), but I'm sure due the controversial nature of the video, whatever platform I use, it probably won't stay up long. If I'm successful, I'll post the link using the hashtags below.

#FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightJukebox #KarlWallinger #BalladOfTheLittleMan #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan #ResistFascism

First up, a rare demo version of #WorldParty's "The Ballad of the Little Man"

"He was doing fine in '39
Thank God he did not win
He kept playing on his fiddle
As he watched old Rome cave in
He sold love away from his children's hearts
And told them it was sin
Now we're all at the mercy, we're all at the mercy
Of that little man within

Now he's sitting in the gardens
As the acid rain comes in
He got it covered full of rhino heads
And boots of leopard skin
He got the means, he make the harvest high
But you can count those hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within

So if you're feeling lonely, baby
If you're feeling blue
If you listen to your little friend
You know he'll tell you what to do
But if you hear his words and you get confused
Start believing they're all true
Then you have just been fooled again
Who said we won't get fooled again?
By the little man within..."

- #KarlWallinger, #WorldParty, 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm6YuQdT8bQ

#LittleManWithin #Fascism #Nazis #TheLittleManWithin #80sMusic #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan #RevolutionDanceParty #Authoritarianism #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #JukeboxFridayNight

The Ballad of the Little Man

"He was doing fine in '39
Thank God he did not win
He kept playing on his fiddle
As he watched old Rome cave in
He sold love away from his children's hearts
And told them it was sin
Now we're all at the mercy, we're all at the mercy
Of that little man within

Now he's sitting in the gardens
As the acid rain comes in
He got it covered full of rhino heads
And boots of leopard skin
He got the means, he make the harvest high
But you can count those hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within

So if you're feeling lonely, baby
If you're feeling blue
If you listen to your little friend
You know he'll tell you what to do
But if you hear his words and you get confused
Start believing they're all true
Then you have just been fooled again
Who said we won't get fooled again?
By the little man within"

- #KarlWallinger, #WorldParty, 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm6YuQdT8bQ

#Inauguration2025 #LittleManWithin #Fascism #Nazis #TheLittleManWithin #80sMusic #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan #Project2025 #FarRight #ChristoFascism

The Ballad of the Little Man

"He was doing fine in '39
Thank God he did not win
He kept playing on his fiddle
As he watched old Rome cave in
He sold love away from his children's hearts
And told them it was sin
Now we're all at the mercy, we're all at the mercy
Of that little man within

Now he's sitting in the gardens
As the acid rain comes in
He got it covered full of rhino heads
And boots of leopard skin
He got the means, he make the harvest high
But you can count those hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within

So if you're feeling lonely, baby
If you're feeling blue
If you listen to your little friend
You know he'll tell you what to do
But if you hear his words and you get confused
Start believing they're all true
Then you have just been fooled again
Who said we won't get fooled again?
By the little man within"

- #KarlWallinger, #WorldParty, 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATGSSXJEvzs
#Fascism #RabidRight #Nationalism #Environmental #ClimateChange #80sMusic #Activism #Antifa #MAGA #MAGACult #Trump #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan #TheLittleManWithin #Hitler #BalladOfTheLittleMan #RIPKarlWallinger #Project2025 #USPol

What Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán Understand About Your Brain

By Marcel Danesi, 07/30/2023

"My research analyzes real speeches made by politicians past and present, including those of #Trump, #Orbán and #Putin, using cognitive linguistics — a branch of linguistics that examines the relationship between language and the mind. What I have found is that throughout history, speeches by #dictators and #autocrats have one thing in common: they use #dehumanizing metaphors to instill and propagate hatred of others.

"It is well-documented that for example words like 'reptiles' and 'parasites' were used by the Nazi regime to compare outsiders and minorities to animals. Strongmen throughout history have referred to targeted social groups as 'rats' or 'pests' or 'a plague.'"

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/30/the-connection-between-political-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-00108378

#LittleManWithin #DivideAndConquer #Propaganda #Dictators #Fascism #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan