Arresting religious leaders (reverends) and members of the judiciary (judges) typically occurs during the later, consolidated phase of fascism, often called the "dictatorship" or "totalitarian" stage.
i know that the next steps would be to get rid of voices speaking against the regime.
Trumpism started with a great Propaganda and cult of the Man but fortunately it has not completed the job
The already operational phase. It represents full capture of the enforcement machinery of the state, and implies, by those acts, that no resistance will be met within the chain of command when fascist orders are given, and likely so for the military branch. Deputizing comes next but is already here!
Depended on which denomination they belonged to, In Nazi Germany the Catholic church more or less worked with them, so few were arrested, the Lutheran Church on the other hand was much more outspoken in their criticism and were arrested pretty early on.
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"dismantling democratic institutions, suppressing dissent, and targeting minorities."
“dual state” dynamic, where party structures coexist with (and often override) formal governance.
The scared, weak phase.
Trumpism started with a great Propaganda and cult of the Man but fortunately it has not completed the job
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-pastor-arrested-after-holding-church-services-despite-coronavirus-orders-n1172276