You've likely seen my posts here and on Facebook about my "guerilla-marketing" campaign to educate folks about fascism and its implications for our beloved country. It's supported by my signs—both a large one to plaster on freeway overpasses and a smaller one for the back window of my car—which read:
"FASCISM – Look It Up!"
Then I've created a nice, compact little folder,—a fascism primer—with the information below. I keep a pocket full of them, and whenever I'm in a public place—the supermarket, Target, an office building, a doctor's waiting room—I stealthily stuff one here and there. Between products, atop piles of magazines, on self-checkout counters or on urinals in men's rooms.
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FASCISM: What is it?
You may have heard the term floating around. Before deciding if you’re for or against it,
at least take a look and see what it is you’re for or against.
FASCIST LEADERS AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS:
- Undermine confidence in democratic institutions: constitutional frameworks, free
elections, judicial independence, human rights and public trust.
- Demand loyalty of party members, public officials, and eventually of citizens.
- Convince supporters to sacrifice individual freedoms for rulers’ promise of security.
- Incite an “us vs. them” mentality, turning citizens against one another and often
against a common enemy—like minorities and immigrants.
- Instill fear as a way of silencing dissent.
- Gut higher education & science in favor or self-serving, state-controlled institutions.
- Co-opt unifying symbols like the national flag and religious icons such as the cross
and Bible - and flaunt them as their own.
- Expand the military to: 1. Impose a “My country first” foreign policy and 2. Suppress
domestic dissent.
- Glorify themselves (especially the leader), claiming credit for any good news, naming
institutions for themselves, promoting their face or “brand.”
- Discredit and suppress legitimate news media, even challenging conventional defini-
tions of truth itself.
- Normalize vindictiveness, cruelty and violence.
WHO ARE THE WINNERS UNDER A FASCIST GOVERNMENT?
• Big shots and major donors of the ruling political party
• Big business, especially if they align with, or help fund, the ruling party
• Major land owners
• The military
WHO ARE THE LOSERS UNDER A FASCIST GOVERNMENT?
• Workers, labor and small, independent businesses
• Federal employees, especially those unwilling to declare loyalty oaths
• Members of racial, religious and ability-defined minority groups
• Immigrants—and U.S. citizens who may look like immigrants
• People with higher education—teachers, scientists, artists, social & political activists
• Anyone who dares criticize the leader or ruling party
• Average citizens, expected to make sacrifices while authorities enrich themselves
• International allies and trading partners
PLEASE…DECIDE IF IT’S FASCISM YOU WANT, AND VOTE NOV. 3, 2026.
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Want to add a new gadget to your Resistance toolbox? I'm happy to share the artwork for the Fascism Primer so you can print and deploy your own. And I'll include a few tips on proper "guerilla-marketing" methods. Just email me: jeff@willius.com
