“The majority of people in America, unfortunately, have been beaten down and actually find themselves afraid,” he said. “I talk to people all the time. I say, ‘Why don’t you speak up?’ ‘Well, I could lose my job. Somebody could call me a name. I could get an IRS audit.’ … This is America? How did this happen?”

◼ Ben Carson warns of 'pre-fascist thought' pattern pervading America - Cheryl K. Chumley/Washington Times

“And we’re tolerating this? Not only are we tolerating it, our universities are saying to our students, ‘If somebody doesn’t agree with you, you shouldn’t hear them, but no one else should hear them either. If they have a business, you should destroy it. If they have a reputation, you should tarnish it,’” Mr. Carson told Newsmax. “This is pre-fascist thought. When I was a teenager, liberals of that time would have been horrified.”