Steps of a closing society
Step 1: Invoke an external and internal threat
Step 2: Secret prison where torture can take place
Step 3: Develop a paramilitary force
Step 4: Surveil ordinary citizens
Step 5: Infiltrate citizens groups
Step 6: Detain and release ordinary citizens
Step 8: Restrict the press
Step 9: Recast criticism as espionage and dissent as treason
Step 10 Subvert the rule of law.