Naomi Wolf Schools Stephen Colbert on The Rise of Fascism in America [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard at 12:30 PM on September 28, 2007.

The author of "The End of America" points out disturbing parallels between the Bush administration and fascist dictatorships throughout history.

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The clip to your right features writer Naomi Wolf on The Colbert Report talking about her book, The End of America, A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, which outlines ten steps that "fascist, totalitarian, and other repressive leaders [employ to] seize and maintain power, especially in what were once democracies.” The ten steps are:

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy

2. Create a gulag

3. Develop a thug caste

4. Set up an internal surveillance system

5. Harass citizens' groups

6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release

7. Target key individuals

8. Control the press

9. Dissent equals treason

10. Suspend the rule of law

Naturally an in-character Colbert tries to challenge Wolf's points, shouting "USA number one!" Check out the video to your right for more.

Tagged as: wolf, colbert, facism, bush administration, civil liberties, blackwater

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.