"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision
of what is before them, glory and danger alike,
and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."~Thucydides
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Posted on 05/13/2014 8:29:27 AM PDT by rktman
Victim of Ceausescu’s totalitarian, brutal regime, Death of 100 million other innocents who died at the hands of Bolsheviks, Stalinists, Maoists, Castroists, other Marxist dictators
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this is immensely disturbing, but i read this bit of info just last week:
Nevertheless, according to opinion polls held in 2010, 41% of Romanians would vote for Ceausecu and 63% think that their lives were better before 1989.
I used to work with a man who held a doctorate in German history. He told me once of a trip he took to Germany. He stopped at one of the local pubs, and struck up a conversation with some of the patrons, buying them a round. They talked about Nazi Germany with him, roundly condemning Hitler. After the second round, “Well, he was bad, but he did do some good things.” After the third round, it was, “By G__, we need a man like Hitler again!” It was eerie to think Germany is just three beers away from reinstating the Nazis.
People always assume that THEY will be part of the ruling class under a left wing dictatorship. Most are dead wrong.
Communism slows down production. This means the communist leaders have to steal a larger percentage of production. This leaves less for the average citizens. This slows down production more. This causes the communist leaders to steal an even larger share of the production and on and on.
People want wealth and power. You can make them work for it, or you can let them take it. The choice is yours. Vote Republican and make them work for wealth and power, or vote Democrat and let them take wealth and power from you.
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision
of what is before them, glory and danger alike,
and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."~Thucydides
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The most recent number, from Chinese sources who did very thorough research, is 147 million.
Lots of families simply disappeared from the face of the earth.
Russian Communism was a roaring success...for the twelve people on the Politburo. Everyone else got hosed.
I have a lot of Romanian friends, most are naive at best.
Having been there, I can tell you that the nation, even though it has “EU Membership” still looks like a commie hell-hole.
Europe is headed down the same dark path it loves going down over and over and over again in history.
The fools never learn.
Man, I love this comment. It is so right on, and unique. Yes, make them work for it!!
It just ticks me off more when I hear comfortable, secure marxists living in a free country spout off their socialism mostly because it's the fashion among their friends. They have no idea and refuse to educate themselves.
Roger that. Dr. Paugh knows it all too well and I appreciate her sharing. Even if the lib/prog/socialists/commies in this country refuse to believe it.
Doc, I am very sorry to hear about your father, he is an inspiration.
Heartbreaking story. Wake up, America.
If you have the opportunity, try to go to Dr. Paugh’s archive and read some of her other pieces. Not only educated, but also smart. A lot of PhD’s I’ve known are highly educated but dumb as a rock. No offense to rocks of course. Not in this case.
“It just ticks me off more when I hear comfortable, secure marxists living in a free country spout off their socialism mostly because it’s the fashion among their friends. They have no idea and refuse to educate themselves.”
They consider themselves to be the educated, enlightened ones; however, they are merely brainwashed products of America’s Marxist moron mills known as the public schools and universities.
Thanks. I will. Bookmarking.
I have a friend whose parents emigrated from communist Poland. The situation here and in the Ukraine is just about making her crazy - she knows what’s coming, and cannot stop it.
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