Principles for advancing totalitarianism are simple
(adapted from a Conservative Christian Facebook Page)

 Step One
Discredit the Media 
Step Two
Silence Scientists and Government Employees
Step Three
As hate crime against minorities rise, civil liberties "must be" compromised.
Law & Order is the rationale.
Those opposed are ridiculed
Step Four
Wealthy supporters consolidate and buy media outlets faithful to to ruling party
​Step Five
A declaration that unity can only come from restoring "traditional values".
The disabled, gays, non-Christians, people of color are dispensed with.
Supplementary Ideas ​
The Debasement of Language and Truth

EXAMPLES 

Step One
1. ​A Frightening Video
2. Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’
​3. The insanity of muzzling a free press
​4. Shepard Smith on the attempts to degrade a free press
​5. Kill the First Amendment
6. Physical Attacks on the Press​
Step Two
1. Hate On The Rise After Trump's Election
2. Discredit Science Destroy the Environment
Step Three
1. Trump has ordered his new administration to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants.
2. Using Bigotry to Divide
Preach Hate For Others (link)​
Step Four
1. Advisors from the Fox Syncophants from Business Insider
2. While the logo still says Fox News, the network itself has morphed into Trump TV
3. An example of Fox serving Trump
4. Sinclair News as a Dangerous Source Beholden 
Step Five
​Trump Rhetoric Inspires Racist Violence
Racist Worldview ( Ta-Nehisi Coates in the Atlantic)
Praying on the Powerless
The Racist Rap Sheet (Boston Globe)
 . Jan. 2017 Christians and others from minority religions be granted priority over Muslims.

The Debasement of Language and Truth

A beutiful Analysis of Trump's Language and 'Oratory'

A breakdown of how poor language can manipulate. Very American

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