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Yuri Bezmenov is a former KGB agent and an expert on ideological subversion. He discusses the slow process of demoralization that transformed America from a conservative and mostly homogeneous country into a socially-marxist and egalitarian one.
Interview conducted by Edward Griffin in 1984.
Originally posted by chiron613
I am a God-believing, patriotic Socialist.
The choice between Godless Commie and God-believing Patriot is a false one. Socialism does not require that a person be an Atheist.
Originally posted by chiron613
And remember:
Красная Армия всех сильней!
Calm - the wind is silent
(Calm) has fallen like a white seagull to the bottom
Calm - our ship is forgotten
Alone, in the world held down by a dream
Along all times
without names and faces
We're not waiting anymore,
for the breeze to wake up!
Calm - yeah
We are going mad
The heat smells like black pitch
Only one of us must die
and we'll, we'll come back home
His blood and flesh
will saturate us again
And for his death
maybe God will reward him
What is waiting for us, the sea keeps silent
Thirst to live drives hearts to their bottoms
But life here costs nothing
the life of others, but not yours!
No, the thunder did not burst from the heavens
when we drank blood like wild beasts
but the shining became intolerable
of the Cross that we call Southern *
And during the last instant
a wave rose,
and a shout was heard:
"Land is ahead!"
* This line refers to the constellation called the Southern Cross (Crux). It is the most well-known constellation in the southern hemisphere and is used by sailors for navigation, similar to the North Star.
Originally posted by joechip
reply to post by In nothing we trust
I believe the term you're looking for here is "totalitarianism" not "communism".
Def. of totalitarianism: Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
Def. of communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
Just sayin.
Originally posted by Yazman
Originally posted by joechip
reply to post by In nothing we trust
I believe the term you're looking for here is "totalitarianism" not "communism".
Def. of totalitarianism: Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
Def. of communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
Just sayin.
I cannot emphasise enough how true this post is. For all the talk of denying ignorance here, it astounds me how many people here believe all the blatant propaganda the government put out during the cold war that totalitarian government somehow equates to "communism" when anybody who has even a basic knowledge of political science knows that this is simply not true. The definitions you have posted are quite accurate.
Sometimes you need to analyse the reality of a socio-political and economic system and judge it based on what it is rather than what a politician describes himself as supporting. Many, many people here absolutely refuse to do this! They simply regurgitate whatever politicians and the media tell them to believe.
Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. Totalitarianism is generally characterized by the coincidence of authoritarianism (i.e., where ordinary citizens have no significant share in state decision-making) and ideology (i.e., a pervasive scheme of values promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life).
Totalitarian regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that controls the state, personality cults, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of free discussion and criticism, the use of mass surveillance, and widespread use of state terrorism.
en.wikipedia.org...