with the possible exception of number 1. The opposite of those 14 points is happening in the USA. If my answers seem a bit unfocused, please see the original article which I haven't quoted in full because Mr Ritter will rap my knuckles..

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - non americans are surprised to see flags everywhere. But patriotism isn’t necessarily nationalism or a bad thing. This one could be true in some peoples views.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. is closing down Guantanamo bay.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. hasn’t used this technique.
4. Supremacy of the Military - the US military is struggling to fight two wars. What it gets isn’t ‘disproportionate’.
5. Rampant Sexism - a woman is third in line to the presidency. If PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. had won a woman would be second.
Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are not suppressed.
6. Controlled Mass Media - the US has a free media and a right to free speech.
7. Obsession with National Security - PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. didn’t campaign on this.
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - the US has separation of church and state.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - it isn’t.
10. Labor Power is Suppressed - the US has strong unions
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. was a professor and is chosing academic stars for his
staff as someone quipped; 'if the country is attacked during a Harvard Yale game you are in trouble' :-)
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - the police are governed by very strict rules
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - exists but not condoned by the state, businessmen and politicans go to
prison for it.
14. Fraudulent Elections - The USA just had an honest election.

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