Tsarist Russia was plagued by an unprecedented wave of terror starting after the 1905 revolution. This laid the groundwork for the Bolshevik coup of 1917. It is worth reviewing this history since there are similarities...
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Here is a chilling comparison to the Russian revolution to what is going on now in the US.
Tsarist Russia was plagued by an unprecedented wave of terror starting after the 1905 revolution. This laid the groundwork for the Bolshevik coup of 1917. It is worth reviewing this history since there are similarities...
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Terrorism was used by the radicals by burning down things, looting, etc. Check
PC was used to control speech and terrorize people into submission. Check
The wealthy in Russia funded these radicals, and without them, they could not have succeeded. Check.
The party was everything, infallible, and ruled with an iron fist as many who founded the party were later murdered by it like its founder Lennon. The party was the source all morality. Check
The revolutionaries were mostly atheistic, socialistic, and dedicated to all intellectualism devoid of religion. Check.
There is no comparison between what happened in Russia and what is happening in the USA. The USA isn't a feudal society, in the grip of a despotic monarchy.
Just the idea that you are comparing pre-revolutionary Russia with the USA shows that you have no understanding of the factors or causes leading up to the Russian Revolution.
The comparison that is most apt in the American story, is the rise of Adolf Hitler in pre-War Europe. An electorate who were being fiscally abused by their government to the benefit of others. In the case of the USA, it's 80 percent of the income and wealth going to the top. In Germany it was reparations for WWI.
The American people have twice voted for change and have yet to get it. 40 years of Republican tax and economic structure have lead to three economic crashes, each worse than the last. The transfer of the wealth from the bottom to the top is ACCELERATING under Donald Trump, not slowing.
40 years of Republicans policies have left the American people sick, broke and unemployed - again. American workers need a better deal. Trump is offering more of the same.
So you would say that America is not comparable to the Soviet Union but IS comparable to the Nazi regime?
I will agree that there are MANY comparisons to the Nazi regime to what is going on now as well, but my guess is that you would only agree with those comparisons so long as you can demonize Trump as Hitler, otherwise that comparison would be absurd as well, right?
I suggest if you are really interested in the truth, you check out a book called, "Hitler's Beneficiaries". In it you will see chilling comparisons to the US and the Nazi regime. The author does not make comparisons to the US and Nazi regime, rather, he only describes what the Nazi regime did.
The Nazi regime
1. Embraced a centralized government that took all wealth to redistribute it for two things, the military and socialistic policies. In fact, the German citizen had a higher standard of living than those in the US during the war.
2. Hitler targeted the top 4% of the wealthy in Germany to confiscate their wealth.
3. Hitler picked on the Jews in Germany who were statistically more wealthy than the rest of the public.
4. The Germans were ardent environmentalists, starting the first National parks and putting animals and plants on endangered species lists for the first time
5. The Nazi party were ardent animal rights advocates. In fact, Hitler was a vegetarian because he loved animals so much and passed the most progressive legislation to protect them.
6. Hitler ran up a massive debt and told the government not to pass budgets so as not to attract concern over it.
7. Hitler passed the first gun regulation laws in Germany.
I could go on, but I'm sure you have no interest.
And no, there was not much difference between the Nazi form of government and USSR form other than the fact that Hitler was smart enough to know that letting experts run industry was better than clueless bureaucrats. Control was the only issue, which Hitler had full control over industry. They jumped at his every whim.