Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt, a little while back, wrote a paper defining the 14 characteristics shared by fascist regimes. They are: a powerful and continuing nationalism, disdain for the recognition of human rights, identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause, supremacy of the military, rampant sexism, controlled mass media, obsession with national security, religion and government are intertwined, corporate power is protected, labor power is suppressed, disdain for intellectuals and the arts, obsession with crime and punishment, rampant cronyism and corruption and fraudulent elections. The cover story of the most recent issue of Harper’s magazine was dedicated to the possibility of an American military coup.