How Democracy is Destroyed

Naomi Wolf speaks



She presents a list of things that have been done in other societies to usher in dictatorial or tyrannical governments. It's remarkable how many of these things are happening in our society today.

She had a concluding message that was rather powerful. Rather than dilute the message I would refer you to time index 42:14. The whole presentation was interesting; the last five minutes are profound.

For those of you that enjoyed her speech here is an interview that Naomi held



Naomi made another point that is worth while considering. At one point those of us that are being outspoken, stop. We self sensor. We already see the use of force to coerce people, we already see people being 'disappeared'. At what point do we look at the swing towards fascism and say it is better to focus on individual safety and stop speaking out? If you were a Buddhist in Burma would you still be protesting, now?

Naomi mentioned this web site when asked what people could do to try and stop this slide. http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/

Here is an excerpt from Michael Badnarik's constitution class: