Do Home Owner Associations Need Regulation?

I came upon a description of Fascism, and some of it sounds painfully familiar.

1.  Disdain for the Recognition of Rights - The people tend to look the other way.

2.  Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - Example, putting pictures on the association website of a home owner's violation in the Preserve.

3.  Obsession with Crime and Punishment - liens, foreclosures, fines, often without first discussing it with the homeowner or without giving an opportunity to defend oneself.

4.  Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability.

5.  Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against opposition candidates, or use of legislation to control voting numbers. 

One example was Neighborhood One kept a vote for the revision of the Covenants open until there were enough votes to pass it.  Apparently there never were enough votes because the quorum required to pass it was revised from 30% to 20% which enabled the new document to be passed.