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Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government; Fear of hostile powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses; fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders; Industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite; labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed; Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education and academia; people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism; Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability; use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media
