11 Steps to Fascism

1. Invoke a threat
2. Establish secret prisons
3. Development of a paramilitary
4. Survey ordinary citizens
5. Arbitrarily detain ordinary citizens
6. Infiltration of citizen groups
7. Target key individuals
8. Restrict the press
9. Cast dissent as treason
10. Subvert the rule of law
11. Disarm its citizens for control