Reminder: I ban people who spout bigoted stuff and remove the comments. This video really brought them out. If you want to discuss these things, you have to do while not seeming to advocate it. There are people in the comments section who have successfully done this for months. I don't like their comments, but they don't get banned. If you're not smart enough to figure out how to do this, you're going to get smoked in the debate anyway.
@@mrhodes9160 Your idiotic comments have stayed up all this time although they're nothing more than baseless personal attacks using terms you don't understand. I don't platform bigots. Period. Want to be bigot? Cool. Don't go away mad, just go away. Your comments, on the other hand, might lead to some form of discussion. It's unlikely, but it's possible. Maybe one about how Nationalists think they're different from Globalists. Or how most conspiracy theory sites are honeypots to convince people not to act and to follow the status quo. If there is a marketplace of ideas, trust me, your ideas are in the bargain bin.
@@mrhodes9160 Name calling huh how elementary school of you. Please adhere to the rules set forth by Beau. There is no reason to get ugly because people disagree with your philosophy (that's an ideal). If you feel threatened by intelligent (smart) people openly discussing (talking) about different political and/or psychological (mental) issues then list your argument, please cite references (source). Any other communications (comments) will be doely ignored (unheard). Please badger (bother) yourself instead of the decent (good) people that are here for intelligent (smart) conversations. HAGD 😀😘
Inverted totalitarianism has been creeping up long before. The Patriot Act and American Service-Members' Protection Act layed the foundation for fascism in the U.S
It started libg before 9/11 Kevin. We really started sliding down that slippery slope prior to WWII but in "modern times" is began in earnest with Nixon. Then when Reagan united the Conservatice Party and the GOP the Die Was Cast. Along came Neo-Lib Corporatist Mr. Bill followed by the grandson of Prescott Bush and then another Neo-Lib Corporatist. Now we have the Mango Mussolini. If you have studied Fascism perhaps you will remember this quote:"Corporatism is just a nice way of saying Fascism." Benito Mussolini. The Neo-Libs running the "Left" are Fascists as are the Neo-Cons running the "Right." The "Republic" might already be dead unless "We The People" actually Wake Up! I don't really see that happening. I have been writing about the radical right taking over state government ala David Koch's Manifesto that I read back in 1982 or so. Somewhere back when Ronnie was asleep at his desk in the Oval Office. Yeah I am an "old guy" and in fact was very active politically throughout the 1970's. After Carter got screwed by his own party in 1980 I quit doing active politics. Now I am just a Very Small Farmer & Performing Musician. I still pay attention though abd really enjoy "Beau's Nightly Thoughts."
I was living in Germany when he was elected. When asked about his election, I had to honestly say I never thought it could happen because of his reputation. As the next 2 years moved on, the discussion got harder to respond to. By the time I moved back to the USA in 2018, I had to agree that the future of the USA did not look good. When you are living in a country that truly understands how evil a government can become and then how hard it had to worked to redeem itself - I was well into knowing the path we were on. The stress of this election has only cemented the belief that we are always going to be one bad decision away from losing every good we have worked hard to bring about as we grew as a nation. We cannot refuse to acknowledge the harm that has been done. My hope is the Biden will run the country and the DOJ will do the job it was created to do. I hope they work closely with the NSA, FBI, CIA, and every other agency they can, to root out all the corruption and excise it so that we can move forward in a positive direction and be the country we need to be. I realize I am asking for a lot but, without hope, we have no reason to try, and try we must.
Thanks for sharing I agree with you 💯 it's a lot to take in. We have to begin to heal as a nation and that's a lot to ask fore these days. Stay safe and healthy.
You had the best seat... Watching from the outside. Now that you're home safe and sound, we must all heal from this disaster. Trump has caused a huge damage to our moral and our standing in the world. On the other hand, he opened the can of worms that brought to light the corruption in D.C as well as the corporations greed. It's time to educate ourselves and be actively involved in our politics to hold them accountable for their actions. We the people need to make a stand once and for all... How in hell we can spread democracy elsewhere and don't live it here?
@Chris Smith in watching from the outside, my concern isn't that they're ok with authoritarianism, it's that they can't see it through catered social media deliveries and divided news reports. Neither side is blind, but many may well be blindfolded by technology and echo chambers.
@@nitziamartin-vazquez4420 - Operation Karen -The simple and easy way to make your voice heard is to let your Congressional representatives know what you are thinking and feeling. A simple internet search for - Congressional representatives for (your state) - go to their .gov page - click on contact - and tell them what you need them to do. A few minutes of your time will make all the difference. Commenting here is good but actually commenting to your rep would be even better. Do it today, do it often. While you are there, subscribe to their newsletter and find out what they are doing. BTW - there is no reason why you cannot contact other states' reps. or get their newsletters. Get involved in the comfort of your own home and make your opinion count. If a million people are contacting Congress every week - they have to listen - they cannot ignore us if we are right there in their offices. 80 million people voted for Biden - just think about that.
@@frankzepeda8853 We have not begun to heal. People are hungry & McConnell won't feed people unless businesses have zero liability. There are over 70 million people supporting this delusional man. Read some of comments here. Healing? Michigan electors needed police protection. Fauci and his family have police protection-- that's not going to end, he is still getting threats. Healing?
Though I like Belle’s work, I really miss Beau. Belle is like a BBC news-reader. Good info that’s been written up and read. Beau is like a professor giving a ad-hoc lecture. I really liked his snark which came out when needed. (Belle’s snark is coming along nicely.)
I just listened to this video, three years later! It's frightening how things around MAGA got even worse. These 14 characteristics and 10 stages are fitting as well as your recently published 14 points written by Umberto Ecco! Thank you! I very much appreciate your thoughts.3
This video pop up as something related to another video I was watching. It's Halloween 2024, a few days (6) before the 2024 election between who these characteristics are fitting and Harris. I'm not normally an anxious person but I've become one over these last few months leading into this election. Let's hope enough of our fellow Americans see what he is and stop him at the ballot box so we can hopefully, finally, start to move forward out of these dark, anger times
Oh come on now, the ones you would be slapping wouldn't get the fuckin point. They will get the point 2 years after its too late. Pass it on to the ones who don't need to be slapped but need a nudge instead.
Strangely, that's the exact same thought that ran through my mind. Your country needs to enter a stage of reconciliation. But at the same time, you'll need to ensure that every single person complicit in this, what's now a failed "coup" gets his or her just returns.
17-year-old American-born Salvadoran and son of (former) illegal alien parents here: I am so glad I found your channel. It brings tears to my eyes seeing that there are still people in this world who still have a heart. God bless you, I hope you life a long healthy life and continue to share your wisdom to millions of people. Hope is not yet lost.
I switched to this one as he mentioned it in the new one, I frequently have no idea what he's talking about and this time I had a specific reference to check. He pays more attention to current events than I do so I wind up having to figure out what's happened in the past few days that he's referring to.
I came from that video. It's sad but you know there are people that would be screaming "Hell Yeah" if you read them that as a to-do list. And in the next breath, they'll call the left fascists.
We are here.. it's not over. Masha warned of this. She spoke of this as soon as he was elected. The R's are planning to present GOP electorates on January 6th...the person who certifies the count is the Vice President...Pence. watch this space.
The 14 characteristics list was compiled by Lawrence W Britt, a businessman and novelist while researching fascism for a novel he was writing. The novel, "2004" was published in 1998 about a fictional populist president leading the US into fascism. Britt compared 5 fascist regimes form history - Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Subharto, and Pinochet and developed the list as a result. In 2003, Britt published the list in an article titled "Fascism Anyone?" in "Free Inquiry Magazine"
As a german, this was the heart breaking part of the last years. I have been well educated to spot facism. The signs were there from the beginning, but people called me alarmist, even when it started happening. I have a very complicated relationship with the US. I am definitely an anti-american. But that is based on experiences and the state of things as they are. I don't WANT to be anti-american. I think the US is a great idea in principle. It just didn't work out the way it should have. As a social scientist, my main problem with it is education, i.e. the underfunding and the unimaginable amount of propaganda in the US system. If that were fixed, I believe the US to be the kind of country that could lift itself out of all of this within a generation or even less. I am not an optimist. That doesn't mean I am not a hopeful person. People, utilize direct action. Where the government let's your communities down, just DO IT YOURSELF. I realise that in such an anti- worker country, this will be hard, considering most people have no time because of work. But real systemic change takes a long time, and a lot of problems can be addressed long before that. And through it, change can start being possible.
I'm 10 months late, but don't worry, it's not anti-American to be anti-Fascist, anymore than being anti-Fascist is being anti-German. Even now, maybe 20% of Americans at the very most are supporting fascists (I seriously suspect it's far less personally). And a good majority of those will turn away from fascism if it gets much worse. Still, it's incredibly alarming. But then it's been this way since at least 1981 that I know of. It's just out in the open now.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 Hitler came to power by gaining 37% of the votes in an election. 20% is over half of that. Some say the MAGA movement might be as large as 40% of the voters. That scares me...
@@aylbdrmadison1051 They don't recognize fascism when confronted with it. Just read the comments by the trumpists after John Biden's speech on September 1st 2022. They are in total denial of the facts, and worse, accusing Biden to be a fascist. The term is misused, and while you are in the middle of it, even part of it, you don't recognize fascism, because fascism come little by little, concession by concession, altering the values step by step, and once you are part of it, there is no soft leave. The break needs to be painful, or it will not happen.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 Rewatching this contemplating how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. I still agree with you about the number of actual fascists/white supremacists at around 20% average, some areas higher, some just confused. (You should check out Rational National's recent video on Florida...) I'm glad that we prevented a red wave, but we didn't stop their gerrymandering and running unsavory, insurrection supporters. Seeing how much intimidation is happening in certain states to vulnerable groups is disheartening. I hope we can get even more people energized to fight back because we can't let these haters wreck what progress we've made. May Dark Brandon keep them cornered until Jack Smith drops the hammer. Be well and stay safe.🍀🌎💜🇺🇦🫂🌻
Watching this in 2024 after the publication of Project 2025 put out by the Heritage Foundation. What Beau is saying here is what has been in the works for years and has just now come to light. The very things this country has stood against, we have become. 😢
Paul C And some of what they have is skewed. Simple minded tribalism, insecurity and displaced anger is earth ripe for sowing the seeds of hate and the ultra elite and corporatists hope to use this to deflect attention from themselves, the ones who really benefit from the chaos.
Cory ...not to say out loud whatever is going wrong...you pray out loud for change..believe that change has come. Dont let wrongness take over space in your thoughts. As a man thinks so is he. Be bless
Gassing peaceful protesters to have a photo op at a church. The constant denigration of the election process, the use of "liberal, socialist" in referring to opponents in said elections, and the fear of the elected officials to contradict their leader because they might be bullied and made to look less than official. Endless nuisance lawsuits that's like throwing spaghetti against a wall to see if it will stick while making a mockery of the legal process, even after trying to stack the deck by creating more judges (qualified and unqualified) in the hopes that they can be bought and used to confirm judicially unsound/false conspiracies. Just some of what I can think of.
Hello Beau, a german internet people here. Am I allowed to rise my hand to show where i heard that description before? Oh wait...we have a law against raising hand that way here.😒 Sorry...can't tell ya 😔
German internet guy here, that sound discomforting similar to other past developments. But if you mention them you lost the argument. 😒 Well leaves us with gathering information and trying to pull this shit into the sunlight as long as we can. Thy Beau
@@dallastaylor5479 sorry to say no longer the 30ies. Maybe 1939. You are this close to the final stage. 😒 And that will mean violence in one form or the other and on a big scale. Time is running out fast. The next election cycle might be your last chance for the US. Democracy is only as strong as the people defending it. We Germans learned that lesson the hardest way possible. And with climate change already having a foot in the door, this is the worst time for this fight. 😒
The Violence is coming; I was outside the Democratic Debates, holding a Flag for Tulsi Gabbard. There was a ProTrump Group that was outside the event but Police were holding them in check because they were getting much louder and forceful than the other groups. The Debate Hall was blocked off 4 city blocks in each direction and ringed by Police. There were megaphone maniacs who worked their way into our area projecting the end of the world and Trump loudly( as TV cameras were rolling) and we were in the fray, quietly taking it all in. When I say we, I mean volunteers holding placards of their candidate, waiting to be searched before going into an area prepared by the Media for us to stand and wave our signs. It was carefully choreographed by MSNBC and the DNC.. My first political event in 61 years of life. It was quite surreal to say the least. My candidate is the only one Anti-War and I’m concerned for her safety. Seriously! Like the Soldier she is, she braved through and spoke truth to power in her few allowed minutes to speak! It’s crazy here
@@samfetter8191 Isn't it always the worst time for a fight? When your backed in, facing multiple threats, and questioning your own hubris and stamina for the inevitable first swing? Hell, that's the common theme to every good common man underdog movie ever made. Because it has a kernal of truth. The fight has been here awhile.
I see what you're saying but nobody really knew how bad the "rally" was going to be until it started so its more like january although the barrage of supreme court cases that trumps team launched in december alone could also be considered doubling down too
@@MissJellybean Funny, almost 2 years later, and no mass killings. As a matter of fact a whole bunch of liberal policies were implemented. first steps act, right to try, no new wars, record low unemployment, the VA reform, downing the TPP, reforming NAFTA, the Abraham Accords, Tax reform
@@user-wj5gm6ol5c So, some call you tim, do they...I'd call you troll. Seems like you completely missed the point here by trying to confuse us with 'accomplishments' (not really sure on that) that have absolutlely nothing to do with topic the topic of this video. To this day, the facts in this video are even more clear.
@@user-wj5gm6ol5c if you're trying to lead me by saying your previous post shows direction towards anti-facism, yeah it does...a whole bunch of badges trump wore on his arm and touted as his own but never really cared and most likely knew little to nothing about most of them. His 'other' actions (and non-actions, honestly) lead straight to authoritarianism and dictatorship-type agendas and ideals.
I thought it was time to try nudging the algorithm spirits to bring this video back up to the surface. Probaby past the time, but here we are. Still powerful, Beau. I am glad to know there are people like you in this state full of swamp creatures.
I've been seeing this coming for a long time. It has made it difficult to carry on like things are normal, because they are not. My cries of alarm have been met with silence, derision and at times, threat of death. It's scary to have someone tell me I deserve death in a comment on Pinterest.
@Lauraine Garten I'm so sorry to hear about that happening to you. I want to say thank you for standing up to oppression. I hope you have a great day!!!
I've had the same experience with people not willing or to stupid to see the reality of situation we are in! It's resulted in alot of frustration and depression that the human species is so pitiful! Hang in there!
Shared. I've been calling out fascism here for some time. I get a lot of pushback of the 'that can't happen here' type. It not only can, it has, and it is. Keep on keeping on, Beau. Thank you.
Another characteristic: demanding absolute loyalty; and zero tolerance for even 1 case of a perceived infraction that was viewed as disloyalty. Ex: Sessions, now Barr. Trump’s administration was unique in that it was a revolving door of staff.
Yes, all of this! This really puzzled me with his followers. They accuse everyone else of being "asleep" or being "sheep". Yet they literally couldn't critique anything of substance regarding Trump, due to the perception of being disloyal. It's just a really breathtaking level of projection exhibited over the last four years.
@@llc1976 What has always pissed me off about the Democratic Party is their abundant cowardice and reluctance to take off the gloves and stand up and Really Fight Back for us !!! Senator PELOSI recently said All things are (?) Are now on the table !!! Let's make them do it and finish this Now !!! We the people have been grievously wounded ! And we are really Angry ! No comprise and no prisoners !
I watched this about 3 years ago. I watched it again today. I felt sick realizing how close we were to going over this cliff back then, I feel even worse today.
I'm curious, how do you define anarchist? If I remember my political science correctly, that would mean you believe the best form of government is no government at all. Anarchy is the least stable form of organization. Quickly after anarchy happens, some form of organization comes into being. The only question is what form it takes.
@@carolynmiles9281 You need to do some reading on anarchist theory. Anarchism does not mean that there would be "no organization." Anarchists love to organize. This organization is just horizontal, or in other words, not hierarchical. There are no rulers, that doesn't mean there are no rules. Check out www.anarchy.works
@@TheAmorphousGamer double checked myself. Three forms of anarchy. The one you identified as seems like the type used in communes in the 60s and 70s, this didn't last long.
Wow...just wow...as I sit here listening, each point you have, I was able to nail the example before you even said it. This is one of your videos I had not seen before. Thank you, and thank you to the commenter that hailed the algorithm spirits!
And this is precisely. why as a German I am so afraid about what's currently happening in the US. Even after four years of Trump most of us still see the US as kind of big brother. A big brother which currently is making the same mistakes we made a while back, with disastrous consequences.
Thank you my friend I’ve said it once I’ll say it again you are the most consistent purveyor of common sense and fax on TH-cam after watching this video again let me add that I did not vote for Joe Biden I voted against fascism
I saw this five-year-old video for the first time today. I am amazed at how up-to-date the content is. It feels like the video was made for this 2024 election.
@@belovedwoman3398 Not long now - looks like he'll be imposed on the British .... and then the 'fun' begins. By the way, how do you define better spoken? Remove the supposedly cultured accent, read what Boris _says_ and compare with the incoherent ramblings of #45; meld in a smattering of the more lurid episodes in his reported personal life then consider his apparent ability to wave away with disdain any counter argument and ta-dah. The similarity, on the surface, is palpable. The main difference perhaps being that Boris is driven, calculating and devious which makes him potentially much more dangerous. It's a blessing he's not running the land of his birth.
@@erict.watson2460 - Oh, dear. Is he as eager to throw out Twitter insults and demeaning nicknames as Trump? Tell anyone who wants to vote for this guy that they'll get years of lying and insults rather than leadership.
As a surviving descendant of Pacific Northwest Indigenous people, I feel like we are living the 500 years ignored history that was left out of the US history books. For me it seems like the last 4 years was a summary of what we had already been through before and there's many of our elders that still remember when these same actions were used against them and other minorities. People keep telling me to get over it but they fail to realize that many of these events were not that long ago, it was only 2 years before I was born, in 1978, that native american people regained the right to practice our culture out in the open without getting fined or arrested, yet people act like that right was always granted to us, people forget that my people were not granted full citizenship until 1924, and prior to that, only the males who enlisted in WW1 were granted citizenship and woman had to marry white men to gain citizenship which often was dangerous because if she had land ownership she could be killed so that her non-native husband can take ownership of land he otherwise wouldn't be able to purchase. Every single day I acknowledge that I shouldn't be here, I was supposed to die or be completely assimilated into american culture but neither of those are true. Human is winning but but it still has a lot to learn. Genocide came to me in a black robe, carrying a black book he said was the word of God and the pathway to Heaven, yet all it did was delivery me to evil. Reality is that God wanted me here and he wants fascism to fail
This is probably one of the most important and best vids you've done, and that's saying something. I've shared this video countless times. Thank you so, SO much for making it.
@Respect/Walk Well who is the one currently occupying the President's office. That is the person I'm concerned about since it his decisions he makes that will affect all of us.
Respect/Walk I know what you mean but it’s how you do it. Letting people know that a lot, not all, of our current corruption goes back before Trump and even Obama, that can help lower the pressure of the facts your giving them now. But some may think your deflecting and accepting the status quo. Do it as as I do, welcome to the club... it’s been around for a long time glad your with us. Trump is good for that, opening a door into America’s dirty past.
@Respect/Walk I'll agree. I do believe that most Americans are so incredibly disgusted by the comparison of the two, that causes the snap back. Trump is so incredibly repulsive, in every single way.. I have never felt so horrible in my life. I didn't know it was possible to feel this depressed. Honestly.
We've committed genocide on the natives of this continent. We're not too far removed from repeating it. And the language being used reminds me of how people in Myanmar talked about the Rohingya, the Hutu & Tutsi in Rwanda etc... Its really scarry
Beau, I happened upon this post about six months ago and immediately shared it to my FB page. I rarely bother with FB these days, but recognized this right away and posted this with a title of “You are here. Chilling”. Your foresight was spot on. That’s why we all value your heeds so highly. My hair is all standing straight up still. The mass killings have been going on for at least the last six months. And yes I believe they’re going to double down.
Thanks again, Beau. Never thought I'd be concerned about a peaceful transfer of power after an election until this year. 2020 election has to be a never again moment. You're spot on. We're going through the punch list.
It's been a long year since this video was posted. Ive learned so much in the last two years that I can't even remember if ive already watched this video. So much has happened Blatant rejection of basic medical knowledge and expertise in favor of authoritarian posturing and denial, putting millions at risk and killing hundreds of thousands of people.
I don't know if I can think of anything new to add. Watching this video, I feel like it's all there. The only thing I can do is point out what it looks like here at home
After a couple of years (greetings from 2022 ^^), they're after women and LGBTQ, and still those people that aren't pink in complexion. And we're watching this from 50km outside your border, with great concern.
Here in November 2021 and TH-cam recommends this video to me despite me having already watched it. Worth watching again. Promising that the algorithm suggested it at this time. Commented in the hopes that it helps more people see it.
What really scares me is that most of these 14 can apply to the US in general during my lifetime. Only now they are all being gladly espoused by ONE pResident.
It's 5 years later (July 2024), and everything Beau is saying here is still happening, only more so. The (possibly last) election is in less than 4 months. It's a terrifying time.
@TraitorDrumpf really? Clinton pushed that racist crime bill (drafted by Biden) and signed the Telecommunications Act (which resulted in only six companies controlling ALL major media in the US) while Obama made the banks bigger, forced us into the private healthcare market, and started 5 more wars before he left. BOTH parties are owned by corporations. People need to stop believing this false dichotomy. They were charismatic, not "good". They served Wall Street, not us.
@@googlselzmiyinfo9040 Clinton of course signed NAFTA which was coined by the GOP but he didn't have to sign it. Clinton also slashed the safety net for millions of poor people. As you mention most don't even know or understand what happened when he signed the telecommunications act in 1996 and how rapidly AM talk radio went from mixed to total hard right hate radio 24/7 as one of its features. I am still shocked that Obama willfully put Social Security and Medicare on the cutting block to please a "compromise" with the greedy GOP during the grand bargain, Biden backed it too. Hardly a peep on that at the time from the media. Luckily for the majority of citizens the cuts weren't deep enough for the GOP and rejected.
@@Victorseafog Obama surprised me too. If we had known he was in the pocket of private insurance and big pharma it wouldn't have been a surprise (always check opensecrets.org from now on). I voted for the shyster because he ran on universal healthcare. Instead he gave us a right-wing plan drawn up by the Heritage Foundation.
I have not been following you this long but this one came up on my home page. The Jewish community was pointing it out at the time. Screaming we said never again! Now I worry how much worse it would be if he came back in to power?
What an eye opener. I have thought about these but never put it all together so intelligently. This should scare the crap out of us but sadly it won't. Too many people don't care. That is the sad part. Thanks Beau
You and yours are the only lite of hope in the coming darkness. Always the Sage and now the Prophet. Five years later and still the People wouldn't listen. Now our toes are hanging over the abyss, and if no one grows a spine and stands against the unimaginable, democracy will slip over the edge like a dead corpse.
Reading through the comments of the last four years, all the fears and anxiety the People were feeling are coming true, while what is left of the present government stands by wringing their hands and does nothing to change the situation, even while SCOTUS has given Biden immunity. Now its the People who will suffer the consequences of an inept, unless DOJ who have conceded to all of trump's crimes, and left the People with no recourse. What are the consequences? Civil War? Servitude to a fascist dictatorship? What do the People really want when confronted with these options? This can not be left to KARMA, democracy will not survive.
Enemies and scapegoats: Oh man, there's so much...just scroll through his Twitter for the catch of the day. Most prominently in my mind is the way he characterized BLM, ANTIFA, and "poorly run liberal cities" over the summer.
Absolutely! I think of the term "the radical left' being used to describe any and everyone who disagrees with fascism regardless of their actual political leanings.
Me too. Every time he said such things, I saw my own blood on his hands. As of December 2020, I’m even more anti-fascist than ever. The threat is still very much alive. Then again...so am I.
Yeah, they love their scapegoats. Allows them to keep from having to actually explain why things happen. Why are gas prices rising? Biden! No further explanation neccessary.
After watching this video in December of 2020, I'm flabbergasted by how close we were, and still might be, to what they tried to do. There needs to be a legal action to try and if proven guilty, punish the perpetrators.
10 months after your comment, we are still in the same danger. But if the democrats grow some sacks, we still might not fall. Right now a lot of that hinges on Merrick Garland, and at this point, even I who have been giving him the benefit of the doubt for months now, think it looks like he might be just another lying fascist sympathizer.
Australia is way ahead of you. It's pretty frightening what is going on here and how few rights people have. Literally, the only thing that we don't have are armed militias, but we had that mass killer in New Zealand recently. He's not an anomaly and it is not an accident that he was Australian. The majority of people here like Fascism, that's why they vote for it.
@Dennis Young I'm not convinced about that. Firstly, you guys seem pretty coerced at the moment and you still have your guns. Look at Hong Kong. They don't have guns, but a third of the population turned up to peacefully protest and it made a huge difference. A gun isn't going to stop you being targetted by the government if they decide you are an undesirable.
Sadly, it's a human reaction to like fascism when it benefits you (when you are part of the "in" group). They only start to wake up and hate it once it's progressed to the point where it's impacting their lives too, because the "in" group gets increasingly smaller and smaller until it is just the people at the top.
Our country is screwed. Trumpturds are out to destroy america. He s a dictatir wanna be. A disgusting piece of garbage. F. Trump and his dumbass supporters.
Michael Pondo not "othering" at all huh Michael? FreeSpeech always but stop acting like you are better when the Democrats that are #prolife aren't valued by your party.
It's nauseating, yes. But we can't afford to dwell on our nausea. We have to expose it and fight it, even if we have to move our masks aside once in a while in order to vomit!
I’m commenting here just to boost the algorithm and bring this video to the surface again. Seems appropriate in July 2024. Absolutely terrifying where we are now with the latest SCOTUS ruling. Presidents have never failed to act boldly (without immunity) in the history of our country. Why do presidents suddenly need immunity now? This is horrifying.
I just watched your most recent video and followed your advice to review this clip. You were spot on. Trump and his administration really brought us to the edge for a far too close look at fascism. Thank you for your warning and insight.
Americans have been dumbed down almost beyond help but people like Beau and many others are helping raise awareness, I just hope enough people wake up in time for 2024
Your vision and information at this time in 2020, has been spot-on. Thank so much for your insights. Your priceless gaze into our future is spot on......
I hate being a 63 year old white guy with a crew cut. I try so hard to interact with people of color. They look at me and look away before I can smile at them. Can't blame them, breaks my heart. I'm Also a 1st generation immigrant from Norway. My mom and dad taught us to respect ALL people. Wake up Americans. This can and will get much worse if we remain apathetic. 🇧🇻 in America.
That's why channels like this one are important, they defy stereotypes. The stereotype here is that southerners are stupid and intolerant. It isn't true, I've seen so many good people sitting there in comments saying I thought I was alone over the years. They're not. They're just afraid because they're surrounded by evangelicals preaching hate. Maybe you could start your own youtube channel? We need more voices that aren't 25-40.
This is the scariest part. We know that our Government is now run by Corporations. What tools might they lend their bought and paid for Politicians in order to make more money and gain more power? Oligarchy has been here for a while now. Fascism completely solidifies the deal.
I went to my parents house in europe two weeks ago, told them the US is basically 1930's Germany now. They though I exaggerated at first, they I explained, and they agreed. The thing is though, I want to go back to europe because here when I talk about that, I get relegated to the crazy political extremist category. Makes me feel good going back home that people are much more on the same page. Anyway, your videos, this one in particular, make me feel better, just knowing some of the people here still resist to the idea that what is going on here is even remotely normal. This country is on a dangerous path, mostly because it is convince whatever path its on must be the righteous one. Thanks for reminding everyone the true nature on this path.
There are millions of Americans who can see this for what it is, Martin. Our writers have been warning about corporate totalitarianism morphing into Neo-Fascism since 9/11. We hear you... I'd escape to Europe, if it were possible. I've always felt like a fish out of water in this system... I'm not the only one.
@@julieannmyers8714 I know there are, thank god, but for now we are seen as the crazy ones, which is what REALLY worries me. Hard to keep sanity when insane is the new normal... Keep it up though !
I'm not sure why I clicked on your video, but I am glad I did. I am guilty of judging you by the way you look, even by some your belongings on the wall behind you. I try not to judge people based on their national origin, color of their skin, religion, sex and so on. Today I realized that I hold a stereotype of white men with beards, one that I didn't used to have. I could easily become a white man with a beard. I learned something about myself today, which is usually more important than learning something about someone else. Thanks
Beau, you are extremely intelligent and well articulated. Not a lot of that going around much anymore. Would be great to talk to you sometime. I will share this video, but I fear you are preaching to the choir...The people supporting what is happening seem to me to have a cult-like belief system. I am not even sure if it is possible for them to see reason anymore. In fact, I bet you could probably do a similar list video on cult mentality and it would be dead on. But I would ask you, how does it get stopped? We watched a rigged primary election for Clinton this last time. We see what the Democratic party is doing now. We saw what happened in Flint, Michigan under Obama, you know, when he needed that same glass of water as the Republican governor who replaced elected officials with cronies under "emergency powers." I'll be straight with you, I do not see any way to turn what is happening in the US around without violence. Now I want to be clear I am not advocating that, but from Ancient Greece to modern "Arab Springs", I cannot think of even one country that has peacefully turned things around from such a state of affairs. I just don't see any other realistic solution. Yes, we are at the brink, I think most of the people watching you know this. But what is the actual way to step back from the edge? Even Hitler was attacked by people like Claus von Stauffenberg. But in the US, who even is the head of the Snake? Trump? I think not. He is just a boil caused by the disease. How does a disenfranchised populace "vote out" oligarchs without a guillotine? I am sincerely asking, it is not rhetorical.
Agree. Calling our reps, protesting, blocking advertisers when they support vile reporting, just aren't enough. What do we do as a people to regain hold of our country?
This is a great question. There’s a definite feeling of hopelessness because how do you take on the machine with any hope to even make it pause, much less change things? I can call my reps but I’m in the South, and they’re ride or die. They don’t seem to care how many people call about various topics, they just... do what is expected of them.
Reminder: I ban people who spout bigoted stuff and remove the comments. This video really brought them out. If you want to discuss these things, you have to do while not seeming to advocate it. There are people in the comments section who have successfully done this for months. I don't like their comments, but they don't get banned. If you're not smart enough to figure out how to do this, you're going to get smoked in the debate anyway.
@Scooters Videos I've had to ban 5 people on this video. That's more than I normally do in a month.
Take a listen to gaslight nation. Sarah Kendzior and Andrea chalupa have calling out trump and his associates for years
@@mrhodes9160 Your idiotic comments have stayed up all this time although they're nothing more than baseless personal attacks using terms you don't understand. I don't platform bigots. Period. Want to be bigot? Cool. Don't go away mad, just go away. Your comments, on the other hand, might lead to some form of discussion. It's unlikely, but it's possible. Maybe one about how Nationalists think they're different from Globalists. Or how most conspiracy theory sites are honeypots to convince people not to act and to follow the status quo. If there is a marketplace of ideas, trust me, your ideas are in the bargain bin.
@@mrhodes9160 Name calling huh how elementary school of you. Please adhere to the rules set forth by Beau. There is no reason to get ugly because people disagree with your philosophy (that's an ideal). If you feel threatened by intelligent (smart) people openly discussing (talking) about different political and/or psychological (mental) issues then list your argument, please cite references (source). Any other communications (comments) will be doely ignored (unheard). Please badger (bother) yourself instead of the decent (good) people that are here for intelligent (smart) conversations. HAGD 😀😘
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn
"--trust me, your ideas are in the bargain bin."
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"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
Great quote! Thanks for sharing it!!
"When fascism comes to America"? It is already there my friend.
Respect/Walk ?
@Respect/Walk th-cam.com/video/vHn9AWYU0Hg/w-d-xo.html
SEE "American Fascists: The Christian Right & the War on America", Chris Hedges, 2004.
Fascism is here. Been heading down this slope since 9/11.
Inverted totalitarianism has been creeping up long before. The Patriot Act and American Service-Members' Protection Act layed the foundation for fascism in the U.S
It started libg before 9/11 Kevin. We really started sliding down that slippery slope prior to WWII but in "modern times" is began in earnest with Nixon. Then when Reagan united the Conservatice Party and the GOP the Die Was Cast. Along came Neo-Lib Corporatist Mr. Bill followed by the grandson of Prescott Bush and then another Neo-Lib Corporatist. Now we have the Mango Mussolini. If you have studied Fascism perhaps you will remember this quote:"Corporatism is just a nice way of saying Fascism." Benito Mussolini. The Neo-Libs running the "Left" are Fascists as are the Neo-Cons running the "Right." The "Republic" might already be dead unless "We The People" actually Wake Up! I don't really see that happening. I have been writing about the radical right taking over state government ala David Koch's Manifesto that I read back in 1982 or so. Somewhere back when Ronnie was asleep at his desk in the Oval Office. Yeah I am an "old guy" and in fact was very active politically throughout the 1970's. After Carter got screwed by his own party in 1980 I quit doing active politics. Now I am just a Very Small Farmer & Performing Musician. I still pay attention though abd really enjoy "Beau's Nightly Thoughts."
Yep, saw that first writing on the wall when they passed the Patriot Act. Actually, you can go back to the 1980 when Reagan was elected.
What on earth is 9/11 to do with fascism?
Lets go back to the hostage crises.
I was living in Germany when he was elected. When asked about his election, I had to honestly say I never thought it could happen because of his reputation. As the next 2 years moved on, the discussion got harder to respond to. By the time I moved back to the USA in 2018, I had to agree that the future of the USA did not look good. When you are living in a country that truly understands how evil a government can become and then how hard it had to worked to redeem itself - I was well into knowing the path we were on.
The stress of this election has only cemented the belief that we are always going to be one bad decision away from losing every good we have worked hard to bring about as we grew as a nation.
We cannot refuse to acknowledge the harm that has been done. My hope is the Biden will run the country and the DOJ will do the job it was created to do. I hope they work closely with the NSA, FBI, CIA, and every other agency they can, to root out all the corruption and excise it so that we can move forward in a positive direction and be the country we need to be. I realize I am asking for a lot but, without hope, we have no reason to try, and try we must.
Thanks for sharing I agree with you 💯 it's a lot to take in. We have to begin to heal as a nation and that's a lot to ask fore these days. Stay safe and healthy.
You had the best seat... Watching from the outside. Now that you're home safe and sound, we must all heal from this disaster. Trump has caused a huge damage to our moral and our standing in the world. On the other hand, he opened the can of worms that brought to light the corruption in D.C as well as the corporations greed. It's time to educate ourselves and be actively involved in our politics to hold them accountable for their actions. We the people need to make a stand once and for all... How in hell we can spread democracy elsewhere and don't live it here?
@Chris Smith in watching from the outside, my concern isn't that they're ok with authoritarianism, it's that they can't see it through catered social media deliveries and divided news reports. Neither side is blind, but many may well be blindfolded by technology and echo chambers.
@@nitziamartin-vazquez4420 - Operation Karen -The simple and easy way to make your voice heard is to let your Congressional representatives know what you are thinking and feeling. A simple internet search for - Congressional representatives for (your state) - go to their .gov page - click on contact - and tell them what you need them to do. A few minutes of your time will make all the difference. Commenting here is good but actually commenting to your rep would be even better. Do it today, do it often. While you are there, subscribe to their newsletter and find out what they are doing. BTW - there is no reason why you cannot contact other states' reps. or get their newsletters. Get involved in the comfort of your own home and make your opinion count. If a million people are contacting Congress every week - they have to listen - they cannot ignore us if we are right there in their offices. 80 million people voted for Biden - just think about that.
@@frankzepeda8853 We have not begun to heal. People are hungry & McConnell won't feed people unless businesses have zero liability. There are over 70 million people supporting this delusional man. Read some of comments here. Healing? Michigan electors needed police protection. Fauci and his family have police protection-- that's not going to end, he is still getting threats. Healing?
Depressing how after 4 years this is still relevant 😟
Thank you Beau - keep up the good fight 💪🏻
Anyone else here in the fall of 2024??
Yes. Good to occasionally rewatch.
Though I like Belle’s work, I really miss Beau. Belle is like a BBC news-reader. Good info that’s been written up and read. Beau is like a professor giving a ad-hoc lecture. I really liked his snark which came out when needed. (Belle’s snark is coming along nicely.)
The day after...😱
Day after 2024 election and tried leaving but came back home to be alone
Yep
I just listened to this video, three years later!
It's frightening how things around MAGA got even worse.
These 14 characteristics and 10 stages are fitting as well as your recently published 14 points written by Umberto Ecco!
Thank you! I very much appreciate your thoughts.3
This video pop up as something related to another video I was watching. It's Halloween 2024, a few days (6) before the 2024 election between who these characteristics are fitting and Harris. I'm not normally an anxious person but I've become one over these last few months leading into this election. Let's hope enough of our fellow Americans see what he is and stop him at the ballot box so we can hopefully, finally, start to move forward out of these dark, anger times
Ever have the urge to slap someone and yell: That was supposed to be a Warning Label! Not a Playbook!
All the damn time.
Every damn day!!
Oh come on now, the ones you would be slapping wouldn't get the fuckin point.
They will get the point 2 years after its too late.
Pass it on to the ones who don't need to be slapped but need a nudge instead.
@@willwires8348 yeah, but slapping also benefits the one doing the slapping, so...
Slap, shake ,kick ,punch what ever it takes to wake em up. All day every day. And I'm related to some of em.
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire
This hits even closer to home, a year later, in August 2020...
Woah!! Had it on AUTOPLAY and assumed this was a brand new video 👀 😳
I think I'm going to be sharing this. As much as possible.
I had it on autoplay, too and didn't realize it was a year old until I read this comment.
He's lost a little weight, I'd guess about 10 pounds.
Yo boo. I hear that. Beau says “share this” I couldn’t agree more.
As I watched, the name Stephan Miller kept popping up in my head. Bet this is a checklist on his desktop planner.
Strangely, that's the exact same thought that ran through my mind. Your country needs to enter a stage of reconciliation. But at the same time, you'll need to ensure that every single person complicit in this, what's now a failed "coup" gets his or her just returns.
@jenjefbran he definitely gives me the screamin' meemies. Both actually.
@jenjefbran Yeah, creepy & horrible ... like this 💀?
@jenjefbran ...Josef Goebbels
@@taobarb1 And Josef Mengele.......
17-year-old American-born Salvadoran and son of (former) illegal alien parents here: I am so glad I found your channel. It brings tears to my eyes seeing that there are still people in this world who still have a heart. God bless you, I hope you life a long healthy life and continue to share your wisdom to millions of people. Hope is not yet lost.
Who is here after watching those latest video chillingly accurate😱😱🇬🇧
I switched to this one as he mentioned it in the new one, I frequently have no idea what he's talking about and this time I had a specific reference to check. He pays more attention to current events than I do so I wind up having to figure out what's happened in the past few days that he's referring to.
Oohhhhh.... yes. 😱
It's not over! It's NEVER over.
I came from that video. It's sad but you know there are people that would be screaming "Hell Yeah" if you read them that as a to-do list. And in the next breath, they'll call the left fascists.
We are here.. it's not over. Masha warned of this. She spoke of this as soon as he was elected. The R's are planning to present GOP electorates on January 6th...the person who certifies the count is the Vice President...Pence. watch this space.
The 14 characteristics list was compiled by Lawrence W Britt, a businessman and novelist while researching fascism for a novel he was writing. The novel, "2004" was published in 1998 about a fictional populist president leading the US into fascism.
Britt compared 5 fascist regimes form history - Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Subharto, and Pinochet and developed the list as a result. In 2003, Britt published the list in an article titled "Fascism Anyone?" in "Free Inquiry Magazine"
Thanks for the citation!
Thank you for the information 😊
I would like your permission to share your citation along with the video. I can credit you for the citation if you prefer.
This page has the list: ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
This is awesome, thanks!
As a german, this was the heart breaking part of the last years. I have been well educated to spot facism. The signs were there from the beginning, but people called me alarmist, even when it started happening. I have a very complicated relationship with the US. I am definitely an anti-american. But that is based on experiences and the state of things as they are. I don't WANT to be anti-american. I think the US is a great idea in principle. It just didn't work out the way it should have.
As a social scientist, my main problem with it is education, i.e. the underfunding and the unimaginable amount of propaganda in the US system. If that were fixed, I believe the US to be the kind of country that could lift itself out of all of this within a generation or even less.
I am not an optimist. That doesn't mean I am not a hopeful person.
People, utilize direct action. Where the government let's your communities down, just DO IT YOURSELF. I realise that in such an anti- worker country, this will be hard, considering most people have no time because of work. But real systemic change takes a long time, and a lot of problems can be addressed long before that. And through it, change can start being possible.
I'm 10 months late, but don't worry, it's not anti-American to be anti-Fascist, anymore than being anti-Fascist is being anti-German. Even now, maybe 20% of Americans at the very most are supporting fascists (I seriously suspect it's far less personally). And a good majority of those will turn away from fascism if it gets much worse. Still, it's incredibly alarming. But then it's been this way since at least 1981 that I know of. It's just out in the open now.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 Hitler came to power by gaining 37% of the votes in an election. 20% is over half of that.
Some say the MAGA movement might be as large as 40% of the voters. That scares me...
@@aylbdrmadison1051 They don't recognize fascism when confronted with it. Just read the comments by the trumpists after John Biden's speech on September 1st 2022. They are in total denial of the facts, and worse, accusing Biden to be a fascist. The term is misused, and while you are in the middle of it, even part of it, you don't recognize fascism, because fascism come little by little, concession by concession, altering the values step by step, and once you are part of it, there is no soft leave. The break needs to be painful, or it will not happen.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 Rewatching this contemplating how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.
I still agree with you about the number of actual fascists/white supremacists at around 20% average, some areas higher, some just confused. (You should check out Rational National's recent video on Florida...)
I'm glad that we prevented a red wave, but we didn't stop their gerrymandering and running unsavory, insurrection supporters. Seeing how much intimidation is happening in certain states to vulnerable groups is disheartening. I hope we can get even more people energized to fight back because we can't let these haters wreck what progress we've made.
May Dark Brandon keep them cornered until Jack Smith drops the hammer.
Be well and stay safe.🍀🌎💜🇺🇦🫂🌻
Beau, Thank you. You are always right on the money, scarily insightful on this one.
Watching this in 2024 after the publication of Project 2025 put out by the Heritage Foundation. What Beau is saying here is what has been in the works for years and has just now come to light. The very things this country has stood against, we have become. 😢
keep keeping it real Beau.
still watching in horror as the USA repeats the worst period of 1930's history.
America is doing this because most of them don't study any history other than american history and they have only the tiniest thumbnail grasp of that.
Spot on!
I just went through the British war museums holocaust memorial. This is exactly what happened.
Paul C And some of what they have is skewed. Simple minded tribalism, insecurity and displaced anger is earth ripe for sowing the seeds of hate and the ultra elite and corporatists hope to use this to deflect attention from themselves, the ones who really benefit from the chaos.
@@paulc5333 Why do you think the republicans have been undermining education since the very beginning?
Christ, to hear this out loud is terrifying. It creeps around in your mind but to say it out loud really is scary AF! Thanks for all your wisdom!
Cory Stewart The crickets in the background make for a perfect ominous soundtrack too.
Cory ...not to say out loud whatever is going wrong...you pray out loud for change..believe that change has come. Dont let wrongness take over space in your thoughts. As a man thinks so is he. Be bless
People aren't listening!! They are busy denying the obvious! And Texas' attack on women's rights should alarm every woman in the country. It does me!
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”
― George Orwell
And Boxer just has to work that much harder.
If I could draw, I can't, I would draw a flag sobbing in a shower stall crying "I can still feel his hands on me!" BTW great job.
Holy H€££, that is a POWERFUL image!😩
When someone touches the flag without gloves it's supposed to be ceremoniously burned and replaced.
Bloody hell. That needs to be drawn.
😳 Every time I see that image of Trump *embracing* the US flag, I feel like vomiting! 😩 That image makes me *furious!* I wish I'd never seen it.
@@CatalinaThePirate It is nauseating.
At this point, I can't begin to list all of the ways we have hit these markers. Day by day, step by step into fascism.
Disregarding the rule of law such as not honoring subpoenas. That really shocked me. And then doing nothing about it!!
Gassing peaceful protesters to have a photo op at a church. The constant denigration of the election process, the use of "liberal, socialist" in referring to opponents in said elections, and the fear of the elected officials to contradict their leader because they might be bullied and made to look less than official. Endless nuisance lawsuits that's like throwing spaghetti against a wall to see if it will stick while making a mockery of the legal process, even after trying to stack the deck by creating more judges (qualified and unqualified) in the hopes that they can be bought and used to confirm judicially unsound/false conspiracies. Just some of what I can think of.
Forced hysterectomies for "illegal" women at the border. But US women cannot have abortions.
Add 4 indictments yet he’s still running for president 😒🤔
Hello Beau, a german internet people here.
Am I allowed to rise my hand to show where i heard that description before?
Oh wait...we have a law against raising hand that way here.😒
Sorry...can't tell ya 😔
It feels like 1930s Germany. When we go full BS crazy will y'all in Europe come over and gives us a spanking? Please?
German internet guy here, that sound discomforting similar to other past developments. But if you mention them you lost the argument. 😒
Well leaves us with gathering information and trying to pull this shit into the sunlight as long as we can. Thy Beau
@@dallastaylor5479 sorry to say no longer the 30ies. Maybe 1939. You are this close to the final stage. 😒
And that will mean violence in one form or the other and on a big scale.
Time is running out fast. The next election cycle might be your last chance for the US.
Democracy is only as strong as the people defending it.
We Germans learned that lesson the hardest way possible.
And with climate change already having a foot in the door, this is the worst time for this fight. 😒
The Violence is coming; I was outside the Democratic Debates, holding a Flag for Tulsi Gabbard. There was a ProTrump Group that was outside the event but Police were holding them in check because they were getting much louder and forceful than the other groups. The Debate Hall was blocked off 4 city blocks in each direction and ringed by Police. There were megaphone maniacs who worked their way into our area projecting the end of the world and Trump loudly( as TV cameras were rolling) and we were in the fray, quietly taking it all in. When I say we, I mean volunteers holding placards of their candidate, waiting to be searched before going into an area prepared by the Media for us to stand and wave our signs. It was carefully choreographed by MSNBC and the DNC.. My first political event in 61 years of life. It was quite surreal to say the least. My candidate is the only one Anti-War and I’m concerned for her safety. Seriously! Like the Soldier she is, she braved through and spoke truth to power in her few allowed minutes to speak! It’s crazy here
@@samfetter8191 Isn't it always the worst time for a fight? When your backed in, facing multiple threats, and questioning your own hubris and stamina for the inevitable first swing?
Hell, that's the common theme to every good common man underdog movie ever made. Because it has a kernal of truth. The fight has been here awhile.
July 2019 Beau: "Are they gonna double down?"
December 2020 Beau: "Yep."
January 2021 "...."
October 2021
Feb 2022
I see what you're saying but nobody really knew how bad the "rally" was going to be until it started so its more like january
although the barrage of supreme court cases that trumps team launched in december alone could also be considered doubling down too
August 2022...just keeps getting worse!
You were dead on Beau ! 2024, and we are on the precipice of the loss of our democracy. Project 2025 .
It's not just a thought.. anymore brother. It's our reality.
Rewatching this in December 2020. Never forget 💙
Right here with you. We will never forget! We also have to do everything we can to keep it from happening again.
@@MissJellybean Funny, almost 2 years later, and no mass killings. As a matter of fact a whole bunch of liberal policies were implemented. first steps act, right to try, no new wars, record low unemployment, the VA reform, downing the TPP, reforming NAFTA, the Abraham Accords, Tax reform
@@user-wj5gm6ol5c So, some call you tim, do they...I'd call you troll. Seems like you completely missed the point here by trying to confuse us with 'accomplishments' (not really sure on that) that have absolutlely nothing to do with topic the topic of this video. To this day, the facts in this video are even more clear.
@@bobwehadababyitsaboy6033 Would you be willing to describe fascism in one sentence?
@@user-wj5gm6ol5c if you're trying to lead me by saying your previous post shows direction towards anti-facism, yeah it does...a whole bunch of badges trump wore on his arm and touted as his own but never really cared and most likely knew little to nothing about most of them. His 'other' actions (and non-actions, honestly) lead straight to authoritarianism and dictatorship-type agendas and ideals.
I thought it was time to try nudging the algorithm spirits to bring this video back up to the surface. Probaby past the time, but here we are.
Still powerful, Beau. I am glad to know there are people like you in this state full of swamp creatures.
So glad you did! I watched it back then, but apparently forgot to like it. Fixed!
Watching it again 4 years later… needs to be watched monthly
@@EH23831 Thanks for the reminder! I know a few new people with whom I need to share this.
I've been seeing this coming for a long time. It has made it difficult to carry on like things are normal, because they are not. My cries of alarm have been met with silence, derision and at times, threat of death. It's scary to have someone tell me I deserve death in a comment on Pinterest.
the Fifth Reich is alive and thriving in the United Fascist States of America.
and they will KILL you for calling them NAZI'S.
@Lauraine Garten I'm so sorry to hear about that happening to you. I want to say thank you for standing up to oppression. I hope you have a great day!!!
@@belovedwoman3398, thank you! I don't often get nice comments. I appreciate your kindness.
Wow that is crazy.....
I've had the same experience with people not willing or to stupid to see the reality of situation we are in! It's resulted in alot of frustration and depression that the human species is so pitiful! Hang in there!
Shared. I've been calling out fascism here for some time. I get a lot of pushback of the 'that can't happen here' type. It not only can, it has, and it is. Keep on keeping on, Beau. Thank you.
@Curtis Edward F that nazi
@Rey That is some nice whataboutism. We are not in the 30s anymore and the conservatives are in power.
@Curtis Edward So your point is?
Same here.
@Rey get back to your 8chan and touching yourself.
I’m in tears. This is sobering and sickening. Call it what it is!
Another characteristic: demanding absolute loyalty; and zero tolerance for even 1 case of a perceived infraction that was viewed as disloyalty. Ex: Sessions, now Barr. Trump’s administration was unique in that it was a revolving door of staff.
Yes, all of this! This really puzzled me with his followers. They accuse everyone else of being "asleep" or being "sheep". Yet they literally couldn't critique anything of substance regarding Trump, due to the perception of being disloyal.
It's just a really breathtaking level of projection exhibited over the last four years.
Sessions was worthless, so unamerican... Barr, even worse. Who has ever heard of a pro death penalty catholic? It's beyond absurd.
@@kityac9810 good point about the followers. That projection is a characteristic.
@@KC-gi9ol Liz Cheney ousted
To be honest, I think that was incompetence as much as a demand for loyalty. Also it's a trait of authoritarian figures in general, not just facists.
I feel like I just went to church after I listen to Beau. The power in his words is palpable.
Hey, I'm here from the future to tell you this:
They're going to double down on their mistake.
He's not gone yet. Watch Armagedon & the President. Don't be swayed by the title, the disturbing part comes towards the end.
yup. the Dems MUST hold each one of them accountable. we must push them to do it too. Cuz Dems are ALWAYS too nice.
I'm here from the future to tell you that all their efforts are failing
Someone or some people Will try something like this again ! Guaranteed ! Those that do not remember history are doomed to repeat it !!!
@@llc1976 What has always pissed me off about the Democratic Party is their abundant cowardice and reluctance to take off the gloves and stand up and Really Fight Back for us !!! Senator PELOSI recently said All things are (?) Are now on the table !!! Let's make them do it and finish this Now !!! We the people have been grievously wounded ! And we are really Angry ! No comprise and no prisoners !
Had to come back and rewatch this one. It hits especially hard now, 5 years later. Thanks Belle and Beau.
"it wasn't tailor made for trump, it just seems like it"
"History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme."
I keep telling people that Trump is the symptom, not the disease. Obama was a symptom of the same disease.
Because Trump was tailor made for it.
@@johnpurser2798 obama was a neoliberal at the very least; but still a symptom of a really broken system.
Trump just picked a ready made suit up at the fascist dictator emporium.
I watched this about 3 years ago. I watched it again today. I felt sick realizing how close we were to going over this cliff back then, I feel even worse today.
As an anarchist I've been telling all that would listen this list since 2012, the year I embraced logic over patriotism.
I'm curious, how do you define anarchist? If I remember my political science correctly, that would mean you believe the best form of government is no government at all. Anarchy is the least stable form of organization. Quickly after anarchy happens, some form of organization comes into being. The only question is what form it takes.
@@carolynmiles9281 You need to do some reading on anarchist theory. Anarchism does not mean that there would be "no organization." Anarchists love to organize. This organization is just horizontal, or in other words, not hierarchical. There are no rulers, that doesn't mean there are no rules.
Check out www.anarchy.works
@@TheAmorphousGamer sounds like the definition is use has changed since I was in college.
@@TheAmorphousGamer double checked myself. Three forms of anarchy. The one you identified as seems like the type used in communes in the 60s and 70s, this didn't last long.
@@carolynmiles9281 This is the one used by anarchists consistently since the late 1700s.
Just leaving a comment because I've heard that boosts the algorithm. More people need to hear this, I'll be sharing it too.
And I am replying for that reason!
And me
I'll also reply for that reason.
Guess I'll leave another original comment then
Yay
Wow...just wow...as I sit here listening, each point you have, I was able to nail the example before you even said it.
This is one of your videos I had not seen before. Thank you, and thank you to the commenter that hailed the algorithm spirits!
And this is precisely. why as a German I am so afraid about what's currently happening in the US.
Even after four years of Trump most of us still see the US as kind of big brother.
A big brother which currently is making the same mistakes we made a while back, with disastrous consequences.
Thank you my friend I’ve said it once I’ll say it again you are the most consistent purveyor of common sense and fax on TH-cam after watching this video again let me add that I did not vote for Joe Biden I voted against fascism
I saw this five-year-old video for the first time today. I am amazed at how up-to-date the content is. It feels like the video was made for this 2024 election.
The Britt list needs a 15. point. 15-Denying that the above 14 points got anything to with fascism.
The Brits need to watch out for Boris because he reminds me of Trump in a real way. He's just better read and better spoken... Oh no!
@@belovedwoman3398 Not long now - looks like he'll be imposed on the British .... and then the 'fun' begins.
By the way, how do you define better spoken? Remove the supposedly cultured accent, read what Boris _says_ and compare with the incoherent ramblings of #45; meld in a smattering of the more lurid episodes in his reported personal life then consider his apparent ability to wave away with disdain any counter argument and ta-dah. The similarity, on the surface, is palpable. The main difference perhaps being that Boris is driven, calculating and devious which makes him potentially much more dangerous. It's a blessing he's not running the land of his birth.
@@erict.watson2460 - Does he speak in coherent sentences and stay on topic when answering questions? Then he *is* better spoken than Trump.
@@julietfischer5056 unfortunately, Juliet, he does not, though he _does_ have his own 'style', if it can be called that.
@@erict.watson2460 - Oh, dear. Is he as eager to throw out Twitter insults and demeaning nicknames as Trump? Tell anyone who wants to vote for this guy that they'll get years of lying and insults rather than leadership.
Keep it up beau.. We love you!!
I've been sharing this video for five years. People just don't want to see it.
Omg..everything trump has been doing!!
This was also happening under G. W. Bush. (actually Cheney)
Ask a Native American whether genocide can happen in The USA.
Red summer of 1919… The Purge if you will…. Ask Black folks
As a surviving descendant of Pacific Northwest Indigenous people, I feel like we are living the 500 years ignored history that was left out of the US history books. For me it seems like the last 4 years was a summary of what we had already been through before and there's many of our elders that still remember when these same actions were used against them and other minorities. People keep telling me to get over it but they fail to realize that many of these events were not that long ago, it was only 2 years before I was born, in 1978, that native american people regained the right to practice our culture out in the open without getting fined or arrested, yet people act like that right was always granted to us, people forget that my people were not granted full citizenship until 1924, and prior to that, only the males who enlisted in WW1 were granted citizenship and woman had to marry white men to gain citizenship which often was dangerous because if she had land ownership she could be killed so that her non-native husband can take ownership of land he otherwise wouldn't be able to purchase. Every single day I acknowledge that I shouldn't be here, I was supposed to die or be completely assimilated into american culture but neither of those are true. Human is winning but but it still has a lot to learn.
Genocide came to me in a black robe, carrying a black book he said was the word of God and the pathway to Heaven, yet all it did was delivery me to evil. Reality is that God wanted me here and he wants fascism to fail
These can easily describe Ron DeSantis
Beau we need more people like you on this planet. You are the manifestation of a ally. Keep up the good work, Champ!
This is probably one of the most important and best vids you've done, and that's saying something.
I've shared this video countless times. Thank you so, SO much for making it.
I suppose whoever dislikes these videos are afraid of the truth? I feel sorry for those people.
You should worry about those people, they'll be the ones taking addresses...
@Respect/Walk Well who is the one currently occupying the President's office. That is the person I'm concerned about since it his decisions he makes that will affect all of us.
Respect/Walk I know what you mean but it’s how you do it.
Letting people know that a lot, not all, of our current corruption goes back before Trump and even Obama, that can help lower the pressure of the facts your giving them now.
But some may think your deflecting and accepting the status quo. Do it as as I do, welcome to the club... it’s been around for a long time glad your with us. Trump is good for that, opening a door into America’s dirty past.
Don't feel sorry. Buy a gun.
@Respect/Walk I'll agree. I do believe that most Americans are so incredibly disgusted by the comparison of the two, that causes the snap back. Trump is so incredibly repulsive, in every single way.. I have never felt so horrible in my life. I didn't know it was possible to feel this depressed. Honestly.
We've committed genocide on the natives of this continent. We're not too far removed from repeating it. And the language being used reminds me of how people in Myanmar talked about the Rohingya, the Hutu & Tutsi in Rwanda etc... Its really scarry
Beau, I happened upon this post about six months ago and immediately shared it to my FB page. I rarely bother with FB these days, but recognized this right away and posted this with a title of “You are here. Chilling”. Your foresight was spot on. That’s why we all value your heeds so highly. My hair is all standing straight up still. The mass killings have been going on for at least the last six months. And yes I believe they’re going to double down.
Thanks again, Beau. Never thought I'd be concerned about a peaceful transfer of power after an election until this year. 2020 election has to be a never again moment.
You're spot on. We're going through the punch list.
I've been saying this a while now. But going through it point by point is bone chilling.
Bone chilling a year ago what is it now?? Stockholm Syndrome??
Oh today would surprise you so much bud😔
@@robertmerrill8918 You mean today as opposed to say, last week?
Hard hitting brutal truth. Good luck America from down under. Hey Beau, you have a big set of balls. stay safe.
It's been a long year since this video was posted.
Ive learned so much in the last two years that I can't even remember if ive already watched this video.
So much has happened
Blatant rejection of basic medical knowledge and expertise in favor of authoritarian posturing and denial, putting millions at risk and killing hundreds of thousands of people.
I don't know if I can think of anything new to add. Watching this video, I feel like it's all there.
The only thing I can do is point out what it looks like here at home
Here from the future: 4 indictments, 1 insurrection and STILL fricken here 😒
After a couple of years (greetings from 2022 ^^), they're after women and LGBTQ, and still those people that aren't pink in complexion. And we're watching this from 50km outside your border, with great concern.
Here in November 2021 and TH-cam recommends this video to me despite me having already watched it. Worth watching again. Promising that the algorithm suggested it at this time. Commented in the hopes that it helps more people see it.
What really scares me is that most of these 14 can apply to the US in general during my lifetime. Only now they are all being gladly espoused by ONE pResident.
It's 5 years later (July 2024), and everything Beau is saying here is still happening, only more so. The (possibly last) election is in less than 4 months.
It's a terrifying time.
33 days now.
It has now been 13 months. You all are *this* close to your election. If you had ANY doubts? YOU ARE HERE!!
17 months later, this all rang true.
And another 10 months after that, it's still ringing true under a new administration.
@@matts1166 No because 10 months ago, Trump was still in charge. Its not yet the 20th :)
Can you (or have you already) talk about the duty of citizens to publicly protest against the government? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Simple. You teach people how to treat you. Just a thought.
We need to take to the fucking streets NOW.
Go to MoveOn.org. Put in your zipcode. They list all the scheduled protests. There is one tomorrow for “close the camps”.
Pass it on plz
M Savina tyvm for the info💙
@@Mamatebear They may try but is is our first amendment right. Protest in Ypsilanti Tuesday!!
Watching again in 2022 after your latest conversation on these characteristics. Damn.
Man this gets more and more accurate every month.
Tragically, yes. Also more and more overt, which is the really frightening part.
Yup. And here I am in July 2024 watching this video again and feeling absolutely nauseated by the latest SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity.
The reason that the stimulus bill has not passed, is because they want corporate protections. Forget we the people.
Shared, in fact then and again today. Those who have ears (and brains), let them hear.
It's if Drumpf found that list and thought "Well, this sounds lika a good idea"
Try every president since Regan
Believe me, he has the rule book. And his top advisor Steve Goeppels Miller whispers all that shit into his ears, too.
@TraitorDrumpf really? Clinton pushed that racist crime bill (drafted by Biden) and signed the Telecommunications Act (which resulted in only six companies controlling ALL major media in the US) while Obama made the banks bigger, forced us into the private healthcare market, and started 5 more wars before he left. BOTH parties are owned by corporations. People need to stop believing this false dichotomy. They were charismatic, not "good". They served Wall Street, not us.
@@googlselzmiyinfo9040 Clinton of course signed NAFTA which was coined by the GOP but he didn't have to sign it. Clinton also slashed the safety net for millions of poor people. As you mention most don't even know or understand what happened when he signed the telecommunications act in 1996 and how rapidly AM talk radio went from mixed to total hard right hate radio 24/7 as one of its features.
I am still shocked that Obama willfully put Social Security and Medicare on the cutting block to please a "compromise" with the greedy GOP during the grand bargain, Biden backed it too. Hardly a peep on that at the time from the media. Luckily for the majority of citizens the cuts weren't deep enough for the GOP and rejected.
@@Victorseafog Obama surprised me too. If we had known he was in the pocket of private insurance and big pharma it wouldn't have been a surprise (always check opensecrets.org from now on). I voted for the shyster because he ran on universal healthcare. Instead he gave us a right-wing plan drawn up by the Heritage Foundation.
Watching this a year later. We've doubled-down on every single stage. But we've also moved on from just "illegals"
I have not been following you this long but this one came up on my home page. The Jewish community was pointing it out at the time. Screaming we said never again!
Now I worry how much worse it would be if he came back in to power?
Who's here after Project2025 dropped?
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I came back today for the reminder. Even more pertinent.
Yikes!!! And now in September of 2022 and all these things have been tripled down on. Like they are about to go all in!!!! 😬 Great video 💕
Beau, we miss you terribly. Always wonder to see your face on my TH-cam feed. Just wish your words weren't still so timely...
What an eye opener. I have thought about these but never put it all together so intelligently. This should scare the crap out of us but sadly it won't. Too many people don't care. That is the sad part. Thanks Beau
We are on a path that I never wanted to take .
People who are willingly taking this road won't realize it until it's to late .
It's a road that 418,500 Americans gave their lives to close forever.
And 24 million Soviets.
@@julieannmyers8714 History always repeats itself.
@@smandin1 No, history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
You and yours are the only lite of hope in the coming darkness.
Always the Sage and now the Prophet. Five years later and still the People wouldn't listen.
Now our toes are hanging over the abyss, and if no one grows a spine and stands against the unimaginable, democracy will slip over the edge like a dead corpse.
Reading through the comments of the last four years, all the fears and anxiety the People were feeling are coming true, while what is left of the present government stands by wringing their hands and does nothing to change the situation, even while SCOTUS has given Biden immunity.
Now its the People who will suffer the consequences of an inept, unless DOJ who have conceded to all of trump's crimes, and left the People with no recourse.
What are the consequences?
Civil War? Servitude to a fascist dictatorship?
What do the People really want when confronted with these options?
This can not be left to KARMA, democracy will not survive.
Enemies and scapegoats:
Oh man, there's so much...just scroll through his Twitter for the catch of the day.
Most prominently in my mind is the way he characterized BLM, ANTIFA, and "poorly run liberal cities" over the summer.
Absolutely! I think of the term "the radical left' being used to describe any and everyone who disagrees with fascism regardless of their actual political leanings.
Me too. Every time he said such things, I saw my own blood on his hands. As of December 2020, I’m even more anti-fascist than ever. The threat is still very much alive. Then again...so am I.
Yeah, they love their scapegoats. Allows them to keep from having to actually explain why things happen. Why are gas prices rising? Biden! No further explanation neccessary.
It’s been this way for a long time (ask so-called Blacks), per history. I’m a student of history and I’ve read about this story before.
Shared this video again because people still don’t understand what fascism is. Love the channel thanks for the sanity you bring.
After watching this video in December of 2020, I'm flabbergasted by how close we were, and still might be, to what they tried to do. There needs to be a legal action to try and if proven guilty, punish the perpetrators.
10 months after your comment, we are still in the same danger.
But if the democrats grow some sacks, we still might not fall.
Right now a lot of that hinges on Merrick Garland, and at this point, even I who have been giving him the benefit of the doubt for months now, think it looks like he might be just another lying fascist sympathizer.
Australia is way ahead of you. It's pretty frightening what is going on here and how few rights people have. Literally, the only thing that we don't have are armed militias, but we had that mass killer in New Zealand recently. He's not an anomaly and it is not an accident that he was Australian. The majority of people here like Fascism, that's why they vote for it.
@Dennis Young I'm not convinced about that. Firstly, you guys seem pretty coerced at the moment and you still have your guns. Look at Hong Kong. They don't have guns, but a third of the population turned up to peacefully protest and it made a huge difference.
A gun isn't going to stop you being targetted by the government if they decide you are an undesirable.
Sadly, it's a human reaction to like fascism when it benefits you (when you are part of the "in" group). They only start to wake up and hate it once it's progressed to the point where it's impacting their lives too, because the "in" group gets increasingly smaller and smaller until it is just the people at the top.
Watching this again three years later is both infuriating and terrifying.
I don't know if it's as much sobering as it is nauseating.
I instantly got nauseous 😫
Our country is screwed. Trumpturds are out to destroy america. He s a dictatir wanna be. A disgusting piece of garbage. F. Trump and his dumbass supporters.
Michael Pondo not "othering" at all huh Michael? FreeSpeech always but stop acting like you are better when the Democrats that are #prolife aren't valued by your party.
It's nauseating, yes. But we can't afford to dwell on our nausea. We have to expose it and fight it, even if we have to move our masks aside once in a while in order to vomit!
Watching this in Sept 2024....first thing I thought...wow...it's Beau!
Same here, September 2024. 70 something days to the election and it’s still a shit show. voting for Kamala and Tim
May just say "Some More News" with Cody has a really excellent video on the rise of American fascism.
Beau, will you please do an updated analysis of where we are now? I feel like a lot has changed since you published this video
I’m commenting here just to boost the algorithm and bring this video to the surface again. Seems appropriate in July 2024. Absolutely terrifying where we are now with the latest SCOTUS ruling. Presidents have never failed to act boldly (without immunity) in the history of our country. Why do presidents suddenly need immunity now? This is horrifying.
I just watched your most recent video and followed your advice to review this clip. You were spot on. Trump and his administration really brought us to the edge for a far too close look at fascism. Thank you for your warning and insight.
Dear Past Beau,
INCOMING!
Sincerely,
2020
Good to see this one show back up on my recommends seems like lots of people are all of a sudden interested in what is a facism actually.
Americans have been dumbed down almost beyond help but people like Beau and many others are helping raise awareness, I just hope enough people wake up in time for 2024
Your vision and information at this time in 2020, has been spot-on. Thank so much for your insights. Your priceless gaze into our future is spot on......
You're a good man Beau, thank you.
I hate being a 63 year old white guy with a crew cut. I try so hard to interact with people of color. They look at me and look away before I can smile at them. Can't blame them, breaks my heart. I'm Also a 1st generation immigrant from Norway. My mom and dad taught us to respect ALL people. Wake up Americans. This can and will get much worse if we remain apathetic. 🇧🇻 in America.
wear a pin or shirt that says you hate fascism / #BLM supporter?
@@brianlacy8870 I've been wearing a safety pin. Good idea but I'm also working inside the enemies homes. Thanks Brian for the suggestion.
God Bless Harald. Just remember a drip of water done long enough can drill a hole in a stone. That's why finding one is lucky. Persevere.
@@BigHenFor I'll keep on smiling 🙃
That's why channels like this one are important, they defy stereotypes. The stereotype here is that southerners are stupid and intolerant. It isn't true, I've seen so many good people sitting there in comments saying I thought I was alone over the years. They're not. They're just afraid because they're surrounded by evangelicals preaching hate.
Maybe you could start your own youtube channel? We need more voices that aren't 25-40.
Thanks Beau! You are a gift to the world!
Shared!!!
"Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism, for it represents the merger of corporate and state powers."--Benito Mussolini.
This is the scariest part. We know that our Government is now run by Corporations. What tools might they lend their bought and paid for Politicians in order to make more money and gain more power? Oligarchy has been here for a while now. Fascism completely solidifies the deal.
@@scoobydoo3928 Just remember, since 2008 Democrats have received more Corporate backing and more Dark Money than Republicans.
I went to my parents house in europe two weeks ago, told them the US is basically 1930's Germany now. They though I exaggerated at first, they I explained, and they agreed. The thing is though, I want to go back to europe because here when I talk about that, I get relegated to the crazy political extremist category. Makes me feel good going back home that people are much more on the same page. Anyway, your videos, this one in particular, make me feel better, just knowing some of the people here still resist to the idea that what is going on here is even remotely normal. This country is on a dangerous path, mostly because it is convince whatever path its on must be the righteous one. Thanks for reminding everyone the true nature on this path.
There are millions of Americans who can see this for what it is, Martin. Our writers have been warning about corporate totalitarianism morphing into Neo-Fascism since 9/11. We hear you... I'd escape to Europe, if it were possible. I've always felt like a fish out of water in this system... I'm not the only one.
@@julieannmyers8714 I know there are, thank god, but for now we are seen as the crazy ones, which is what REALLY worries me. Hard to keep sanity when insane is the new normal... Keep it up though !
I'm not sure why I clicked on your video, but I am glad I did. I am guilty of judging you by the way you look, even by some your belongings on the wall behind you. I try not to judge people based on their national origin, color of their skin, religion, sex and so on. Today I realized that I hold a stereotype of white men with beards, one that I didn't used to have. I could easily become a white man with a beard. I learned something about myself today, which is usually more important than learning something about someone else. Thanks
Welcome friend, check out more of his stuff and keep fighting the good fight.
Beau, you are extremely intelligent and well articulated. Not a lot of that going around much anymore. Would be great to talk to you sometime.
I will share this video, but I fear you are preaching to the choir...The people supporting what is happening seem to me to have a cult-like belief system. I am not even sure if it is possible for them to see reason anymore. In fact, I bet you could probably do a similar list video on cult mentality and it would be dead on.
But I would ask you, how does it get stopped? We watched a rigged primary election for Clinton this last time. We see what the Democratic party is doing now. We saw what happened in Flint, Michigan under Obama, you know, when he needed that same glass of water as the Republican governor who replaced elected officials with cronies under "emergency powers."
I'll be straight with you, I do not see any way to turn what is happening in the US around without violence. Now I want to be clear I am not advocating that, but from Ancient Greece to modern "Arab Springs", I cannot think of even one country that has peacefully turned things around from such a state of affairs. I just don't see any other realistic solution. Yes, we are at the brink, I think most of the people watching you know this. But what is the actual way to step back from the edge?
Even Hitler was attacked by people like Claus von Stauffenberg. But in the US, who even is the head of the Snake? Trump? I think not. He is just a boil caused by the disease. How does a disenfranchised populace "vote out" oligarchs without a guillotine? I am sincerely asking, it is not rhetorical.
Agree. Calling our reps, protesting, blocking advertisers when they support vile reporting, just aren't enough. What do we do as a people to regain hold of our country?
This is a great question. There’s a definite feeling of hopelessness because how do you take on the machine with any hope to even make it pause, much less change things? I can call my reps but I’m in the South, and they’re ride or die. They don’t seem to care how many people call about various topics, they just... do what is expected of them.
@wookwood2299 your guess is as good as mine, I don't have the answer.
@@SunflowerSpotlight The North isn't any different.
Revolution is the only way out. How long can we endure a society built on violence before we dare to fight for one built on peace?
And one year later....Fascism is in FULL swing.
And still going strong another year later.
@@matts1166 Its a gad damn shame smh
And 5 years later, here we are with the latest SCOTUS ruling giving presidents a terrifying amount of power and immunity.