| John T. Flynn As We Go Marching (1944) |
Laurence W. Britt Fascism Anyone? (2003) |
Naomi Wolf The End of America (2007) |
| Unrestrained government | Powerful and Continuing Nationalism | Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy |
| An absolute leader responsible to a single party | Disdain for Human Rights | Create a gulag |
| A planned economy with nominal private ownership of the means of production | Identification of Enemies As A Unifying Cause | Develop a thug caste |
| Bureaucracy and administrative "law" | Supremacy of the Military | Set up an internal surveillance system |
| State control of the financial sector | Rampant Sexism | Harass citizens' groups |
| Permanent economic manipulation via deficit spending | Controlled Mass Media | Engage in arbitrary detention and release |
| Militarism | Obsession With National Security | Target key individuals |
| Imperialism | Religion and Government Intertwined | Control the press |
| Corporate Power Protected | Dissent equals treason | |
| Labor Power Suppressed | Suspend the rule of law | |
| Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts | ||
| Obsession With Crime and Punishment | ||
| Rampant Cronyism and Corruption | ||
| Fraudulent Elections |