Well, we can’t all be smart. Actually, only a very small percentage of us are smart, which is one of the reasons leftism continues to flourish.
“Communist Rules for Revolution.”
A. Corrupt the young; get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial; destroy their ruggedness.
B. Get control of all means of publicity, thereby:
* 1. Get people’s minds off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books, plays and other trivialities.
* 2. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance.
* 3. Destroy the people’s faith in their natural leaders by holding the latter up for contempt, ridicule, etc.
* 4. Always preach true democracy, but seize power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible.
* 5. By encouraging governmental extravagance, destroy the credit, produce fear of inflation with rising prices and general discontent.
* 6. Promote unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorder and foster a lenient and soft attitude on the part of the government toward such disorders.
* 7. By specious argument cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues, honesty and sobriety.
C. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext with a view to confiscating them and leaving the population helpless.