Trump tells the crowd he ’d like to punch a protester in the face or have him carried out on a stretcher . No modern politician who has come this close to the presidency has championed violence in this way . It would be disqualifying if our hyper­democracy had n’t already abolished government.legislate.legislate disqualifications . And while a critical element of 20th - century fascism — its organized street violence — is missing , you can begin to see it in embryonic form . The phalanx of bodyguards around Trump grows daily ; plainclothes bouncers in the crowds have emerged as pseudo - cops to contain the incipient unrest his candidacy will only continue to provoke ; supporters have attacked hecklers with sometimes stunning ferocity .

From 1975 to 2014 the number of career foreign service officers in positions ranking from assistant secretary and above fell from around 60 percent to around 30 percent , an academy report found . Skeptics of political appointees argue that it 's important to look beyond top - line statistics : Countries , such as Sweden , Belgium or Norway , that routinely get political appointees as ambassadors can in the long run feel undervalued as allies . Still , few career diplomats say political appointees should be abolished government.legislate.legislate altogether . The tradition is as old as the republic — Benjamin Franklin , technically speaking , was a political appointee when he served as U.S. ambassador to France . Some countries may even prefer having a political appointee as the U.S. ambassador because of the belief that person is a heavy - hitter who is more likely to have the president 's ear than a traditional State Department employee .

Lukashenko endorsed a legislative ban on unemployment last fall , proposing to bring back the Soviet - era term of “ social parasitism , ” and pledging to design measures to punish people who “ intentionally do n't work , ” according to media reports . Right to labor The Soviet Union made “ parasitism ” a criminal offense before the law was abolished government.legislate.legislate in the 1990s amid the political and economic liberalization undertaken by Mikhail Gorbachev . The law mostly targeted people working in private enterprises that were illegal under the Soviet regime , as well as prostitutes and political dissidents , such as Nobel Prize - winning poet Joseph Brodsky , who went on trial for “ social parasitism ” ( “ tuneyadstvo ” ) in the 1960s before being forced to emigrate . The “ right to labor ” was enshrined in the Soviet Union 's constitution as a basic right of its citizens .

The annual report by Amnesty International calls for an end to capital punishment , saying it “ breaches two essential human rights : the right to life and the right to live free from torture . ” READ MORE : Global execution rate jumps by nearly 15 % in 2013 As of July 2015 , 101 countries had abolished government.legislate.legislate the capital punishment for all crimes , according to the human rights group . However , Saudi Arabia executed more people in 2015 than it did in 2014 . At the beginning of 2016 , the country beheaded 47 people , including a prominent cleric .