Decent people know why:
Less is known about the philosophical machinery that drives the media and Socialists to this day:
Clearly, ideologues create the necessary machinery to implement their beliefs —— not the other way around. (Did you ever see a cathedral build a priest?)
Political and philosophical discussions about the evils of democracy, equal CIRCULATION of the wealth;
Parasites v, Producers,
Socialism v. Individual Liberties,
Communism v. Capitalism,
Government v. Private Sector,
Global Government v. Sovereignty, etc.,
are important expositions to be sure, but if collectivist ideologues are going to be defeated the machinery that keeps them fat and sassy must be dismantled. Discrediting one or two tenets of totalitarian doctrine achieves nothing if the machinery remains in place. Put it this way: Machinery made of iron and gears need a source of power to continue running without breaking down. Every form of political machinery runs on money.
Bottom line: Without money running welfare state programs, coerced charity, internationalism, open-borders, ad infinitum, the machinery’s operators will be reduced to:
Timesman Walter Duranty’s defense of genocide really should not be allowed to stand.
Less is known about the philosophical machinery that drives the media and Socialists to this day:
Robert Conquest’s book Harvest of Sorrow makes this point clear. He explains that Marxists saw farmers as a natural opponent of collectivism.
Long before President Obama demeaned certain people from small towns as clinging to “guns and religion,” Lenin liked to use Marx’s quote about the “idiocy of rural life.” Lenin believed that a farmer “far from being instinctive or traditional collectivist, is in fact fiercely and meanly individualistic.”
While Ukrainian cities were filled with Russian-speakers, Ukrainian nationalism was much stronger in rural areas where Moscow had far less influence.
Since the kulaks and peasants of Ukraine were the most nationalist, they were perceived as a threat to the communist party. Russification and collectivization became methods to break their independent streak and strengthen party control.
Long before President Obama demeaned certain people from small towns as clinging to “guns and religion,” Lenin liked to use Marx’s quote about the “idiocy of rural life.” Lenin believed that a farmer “far from being instinctive or traditional collectivist, is in fact fiercely and meanly individualistic.”
While Ukrainian cities were filled with Russian-speakers, Ukrainian nationalism was much stronger in rural areas where Moscow had far less influence.
Since the kulaks and peasants of Ukraine were the most nationalist, they were perceived as a threat to the communist party. Russification and collectivization became methods to break their independent streak and strengthen party control.
Time to Take Down Stalin’s Pulitzer Prize!
Robert Zapesochny
March 3, 2017, 1:32 am
Time to Take Down Stalin’s Pulitzer Prize!
Robert Zapesochny
March 3, 2017, 1:32 am
Time to Take Down Stalin’s Pulitzer Prize!
Clearly, ideologues create the necessary machinery to implement their beliefs —— not the other way around. (Did you ever see a cathedral build a priest?)
Political and philosophical discussions about the evils of democracy, equal CIRCULATION of the wealth;
Parasites v, Producers,
Socialism v. Individual Liberties,
Communism v. Capitalism,
Government v. Private Sector,
Global Government v. Sovereignty, etc.,
are important expositions to be sure, but if collectivist ideologues are going to be defeated the machinery that keeps them fat and sassy must be dismantled. Discrediting one or two tenets of totalitarian doctrine achieves nothing if the machinery remains in place. Put it this way: Machinery made of iron and gears need a source of power to continue running without breaking down. Every form of political machinery runs on money.
Bottom line: Without money running welfare state programs, coerced charity, internationalism, open-borders, ad infinitum, the machinery’s operators will be reduced to: