8/1/21
Did we have to learn this at MHC?
Ann Merchant Boesgaard
HELPFUL DEFINITIONS:
TREASON:
THE CRIME OF BETRAYING ONE’S COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY BY ATTEMPTING TO KILL THE SOVEREIGN OR OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.
SEDITION:
CONDUCT OR SPEECH INCITING PEOPLE TO REBEL AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF A STATE OR MONARCH.
COUP:
A SUDDED, VIOLENT, AND ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF POWER FROM A GOVERNMENT
TERRORISM:
THE UNLAWFUL USE OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION, ESPECIALLY AGAINST CIVILIANS, IN THE PURSUIT OF POLITICAL AIMS.
FASCISM:
A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT LED BY A DICTATOR WHO TYPICALLY RULES BY FORCEFULLY AND OFTEN VIOLENTLY SUPRESSING OPPOSITION AND CRITICISM, CONTROLLING ALL INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, AND PROMOTING NATIONALISM AND OFTEN RACISIM.
