1. Well...you may choose to call it communism, socialism, Liberalism, Nazism, Progressivism, or Fascism....
...or, simply use the generic...'Leftism'....no matter.
Any differences are mere technicalities, distinctions without differences.
All of them demand that the individual bend the knee and submit to the dictates of big, unimpeded, government.
Today is a perfect time to bring up an example....
Today is an anniversary of sorts....and not a pleasant one. 'TheAndijan massacre occurred when Uzbek Interior Ministry(MVD) and National Security Service(SNB) troops fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan in Uzbekistan on 13 May 2005.... ' Andijan massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And it is an important lesson in the geopolitical reality of Leftwing politics.
What is the result of speaking out....thinking, even.....against big collectivist government?
2. "A row of armored tanks rolled slowly toward the square. Each one carried a machine gun on the turret, manned by a soldier.
A chopper- Charlie recognized it as an Mi-24 Hind- thundered over he roof of a hotel across from the square. A man with a scoped rifle sat in the open bay of the chopper.....
".. I see we now have the attention of our great leader, President Karimov"
Charlie watched the approaching tanks. Several armored personnel carriers followed, filled with soldiers. A tall young officer with an enormous hat leaped from the lead vehicle to the ground and began to point his arms, ordering men from the vehicles. The troops poured out, but they weren't carrying riot shields or batons....they were carrying submachine guns.
Surely they weren't planning....
Before he could even finish the thought, the officer shouted a command and the soldiers loaded and cocked their weapons.....pointing toward the crowd.
Time seemed to slow. Could this really be happening? Without so much as a warning, they were going to fire on unarmed civilians?
The hubbub of the crowd died down as they seemed to sense what was about to happen. For a moment, there was no sound at all but the idling of the tanks.
Then the cry of the officer rang out. "Fire!"
All of the soldiers opened fire at once until the shooting became a deafening rattle of death. ...pure chaos. The crowd, unsure of which way to flee, facing gunfire from snipers on every side of the square, swirled and surged frantically in all directions.
....a bloody woman dragging a lifeless man, her facie crazed with disbelief and horror. Next, it was a child- knocked down, disappearing in the melee. Next, an old man in a turban, blasted in the chest, falling like a puppet whose strings had been cut.....on the ground, and folded, her torso oddly twisted, like a paper doll that had been bent at some anatomically impossible angle."
From the novel "Out of Range," by Hank Steinberg.
3. And, the President mentioned in the passage above.....a real person. Uzbek President, communist, and leader of the Liberal Democrat Party.
" Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov(CyrillicUzbek:Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов;Russian:Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов,Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov;Tajik:Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; born 30 January 1938) is the first President of Uzbekistan, in office since 1990.
President of theUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.... 24 March 1990 – 1 September 1991.... First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan Communist Party(1964–91) People's Democratic Party(1991–2007) Liberal Democratic Party(2007–present) Islam Karimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An accident that his party chose the title the Liberal Democrat Party? Just a coincidence?
Hardly.
It is what big government collectivists feel most comfortable with.
...or, simply use the generic...'Leftism'....no matter.
Any differences are mere technicalities, distinctions without differences.
All of them demand that the individual bend the knee and submit to the dictates of big, unimpeded, government.
Today is a perfect time to bring up an example....
Today is an anniversary of sorts....and not a pleasant one. 'TheAndijan massacre occurred when Uzbek Interior Ministry(MVD) and National Security Service(SNB) troops fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan in Uzbekistan on 13 May 2005.... ' Andijan massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And it is an important lesson in the geopolitical reality of Leftwing politics.
What is the result of speaking out....thinking, even.....against big collectivist government?
2. "A row of armored tanks rolled slowly toward the square. Each one carried a machine gun on the turret, manned by a soldier.
A chopper- Charlie recognized it as an Mi-24 Hind- thundered over he roof of a hotel across from the square. A man with a scoped rifle sat in the open bay of the chopper.....
".. I see we now have the attention of our great leader, President Karimov"
Charlie watched the approaching tanks. Several armored personnel carriers followed, filled with soldiers. A tall young officer with an enormous hat leaped from the lead vehicle to the ground and began to point his arms, ordering men from the vehicles. The troops poured out, but they weren't carrying riot shields or batons....they were carrying submachine guns.
Surely they weren't planning....
Before he could even finish the thought, the officer shouted a command and the soldiers loaded and cocked their weapons.....pointing toward the crowd.
Time seemed to slow. Could this really be happening? Without so much as a warning, they were going to fire on unarmed civilians?
The hubbub of the crowd died down as they seemed to sense what was about to happen. For a moment, there was no sound at all but the idling of the tanks.
Then the cry of the officer rang out. "Fire!"
All of the soldiers opened fire at once until the shooting became a deafening rattle of death. ...pure chaos. The crowd, unsure of which way to flee, facing gunfire from snipers on every side of the square, swirled and surged frantically in all directions.
....a bloody woman dragging a lifeless man, her facie crazed with disbelief and horror. Next, it was a child- knocked down, disappearing in the melee. Next, an old man in a turban, blasted in the chest, falling like a puppet whose strings had been cut.....on the ground, and folded, her torso oddly twisted, like a paper doll that had been bent at some anatomically impossible angle."
From the novel "Out of Range," by Hank Steinberg.
3. And, the President mentioned in the passage above.....a real person. Uzbek President, communist, and leader of the Liberal Democrat Party.
" Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov(CyrillicUzbek:Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов;Russian:Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов,Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov;Tajik:Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; born 30 January 1938) is the first President of Uzbekistan, in office since 1990.
President of theUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.... 24 March 1990 – 1 September 1991.... First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan Communist Party(1964–91) People's Democratic Party(1991–2007) Liberal Democratic Party(2007–present) Islam Karimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An accident that his party chose the title the Liberal Democrat Party? Just a coincidence?
Hardly.
It is what big government collectivists feel most comfortable with.
