The Reign of terror began in 1789. Maximilien Robespierre was one of its most excited advocates. A severe left-winger, he looked for a totalitarian rule that claimed to be “for individuals” (echoing the just recently successful American Revolution), however in reality was “for the rulers.” He in turn inspired Karl Marx, author of The Communist Manifesto.
Both Robespierre and Marx had been well-born and well-read but rather ruined and, as young adults, found that they had no specific skill or disposition to pay their own way in life through rewarding employment. Subsequently, they shared a hatred for those who prospered economically through their own efforts and sought a governmental system that would drain pipes such individuals of their achievements, to be shared among those who had actually achieved less.
Remarkably, neither one saw himself as a mere equivalent to the proletariat that they championed. Each saw himself in the role of the one who was to cut up the spoils and make the decisions for the rest of society.
It deserves note that collectivist leaders never see themselves as ending up being the modest and patient receivers of whatever bones the government selects to toss them. They constantly see themselves in the role of rulers.
Collectivism has stayed unchanged in its essence to the present day. It draws in those who would take the performance of others, improve themselves, and administer the remainder to the masses. Seen in this light, collectivism would appear abhorrent. Who in his ideal mind would wish to lose his liberty, to end up as a member of the lumpenproletariat!.
?. !? But collectivism has flourished, based on one human feeling– jealousy. Collectivist leaders have discovered to offer the people on the enslavement of collectivism by convincing them that those they envy will be reduced— to have their gains drawn from them and dispersed by the state to those who are less able or less influenced.
Let’s have a look at a couple of quotes from some of the most noted collectivists and see how their concepts are holding up in today’s world …
“The way to squash the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of tax and inflation.”– Vladimir Lenin
“The best method to ruin the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.”– Vladimir Lenin
Both of these principles are moving quickly ahead in the EU, US, and other “advanced” nations. Taxation in both jurisdictions is currently high and leaders plan boosts. Inflation is declared to be needed, although they declare the present level to be lower than it truly is. In fact, it’s unneeded. It was just a century ago that earnings tax ended up being institutionalised, robbing people progressively of their wealth without them recognizing it, through inflation.
The euro, which demolished dozens of independent currencies, remains in difficulty, and the dollar is nearing completion of its capability to function. They will both soon be ruined, very much as Pal Lenin would have wished.
Another primary objective is to dictate what makes up fact.
Governments have actually constantly been understood for lying to their constituents, but today, it’s become an art. Today, through television, governments are capable of spoon-feeding simplistic dogma and duplicating it over and over again, in a way that the three leaders above might never have imagined (but George Orwell most definitely did).
“Give us a child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.”– Vladimir Lenin
“The trick of liberty lies in informing individuals, whereas the trick in tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”– Maximilien Robespierre
All collectivist leaders figure out early on that, whilst education can make a country grow and prosper, it also influences individuals to think for themselves, and this should not be enabled to proliferate. Thus the mindful effort to dumb down the proletariat.
In the United States in particular, scholastic accomplishment has actually been progressively and intentionally decreasing given that 1965. Although many current United States history books no longer teach students about the American founding daddies, they do teach about gender predisposition, the requirement for enforced equalization between residents, and even the significance of Oprah Winfrey. They are no longer history books; they are now books on contemporary culture.
However dumbing down is insufficient. The use of force is often required, and that indicates disarming the populace.
“The only genuine power comes out of a long rifle.”– Joseph Stalin
“The most foolish error we could possibly make would be to permit the ruled over races to possess arms.”– Adolf Hitler
“We do not let them have ideas. Why would we let them have weapons?”– Joseph Stalin
The very first quote is from 1924, but an avowed fan of Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, echoed this principle, stating, “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” in his Issues of War and Method in 1938. The quote from Adolf Hitler is from 1942.
Certainly, the EU and the US in specific have actually been significantly ramping up their authorities in the weapons department, showing that they believe doing so will more considerably guarantee their power. By going even more to disarm their individuals, as they are also pursuing, they will further make sure that the state becomes all-powerful.
Here are a couple of miscellaneous quotes to consider:
“When there is state, there can be no freedom, but when there is liberty there will be no state.”– Vladimir Lenin
“It suffices that individuals understand there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. Individuals who count the votes decide everything.”– Joseph Stalin
“Demoralise the opponent from within by surprise, fear, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”– Adolf Hitler
The very first quote advises us that, in the eyes of collectivist leaders, freedom and the state are opposites, no matter what their rhetoric might state. The 2nd quote advises us that the belief that democracy exists since voting is permitted is an incorrect hope. The third quote cautions that the terror in our midst is no accident. Nor is it always due to outside forces. If need be, terrorism can always be developed through false-flag events to justify the removal of the rights of the people.
Politicians in the previous “totally free” world routinely state that the elimination of inalienable rights, the ever-increasing taxation, and the now-perpetual warfare are “making the world safe for democracy.” However, when the democracy is destroyed by these really acts, they remain in fact making the world safe for collectivism. As they themselves state:
“The bureaucrat has the world as a mere things of his action.”– Karl Marx
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