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COMMUNISM - The parasite that never dies
I am the author | September 15, 2025 | CIB-173RDABN

Posted on 09/15/2025 4:45:58 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN

The Parasite That Never Dies: The Enduring Allure of Communism

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many in the West breathed a sigh of relief. The Cold War was over, the Iron Curtain had fallen, and communism, it seemed, had been defeated. The red flags were folded, the statues of Lenin came down, and the free world declared victory.

But the reports of communism’s death were greatly exaggerated.

Communism, after all, is not a nation or a regime. It’s not a border or a flag. Communism is an idea — and ideas, especially seductive ones, do not die with the fall of governments. Like a parasite, it simply finds a new host.

In fact, communism is perhaps one of the most adaptable parasites in modern history. It changes its name, adjusts its slogans, softens its image, and re-emerges under the guise of compassion, equality, and justice. But beneath its ever-shifting appearance lies the same core DNA: centralized power, government control, suppression of dissent, and a utopian promise that never quite arrives.

Communism rarely walks in the front door wearing a red star anymore. It comes in through the side window, dressed in the language of fairness and social justice. It tells people that profit is theft, that success is exploitation, and that if only the right people had total control, society could finally be perfected.

It offers a seductive vision: a world without poverty, without inequality, without suffering. A paradise on earth — if only we would surrender a little bit of freedom, a little bit of property, and a little bit of control to the state. “Don’t worry,” it says, “we’ll take care of you. Everything will be free.”

But of course, nothing is free. The government has no money of its own. It only has what it takes — from you. What begins as redistribution quickly becomes confiscation. The promise of “enough for everyone” turns into shortages for all. The “equality” that’s promised ends up meaning equally poor, equally dependent, equally powerless.

In the end, what communism delivers is the opposite of what it promises. The dream of universal prosperity becomes the nightmare of forced conformity. The workers are not liberated; they are enslaved — not to a corporation, but to a bureaucracy. The free stuff was never free. The cost was freedom itself.

The tragedy is not just historical. The 20th century saw communism leave a trail of destruction across continents — tens of millions dead, countless lives broken, societies shattered. And yet, despite the blood-soaked record, the idea persists. It appeals most strongly not to the poor — who often know better — but to the comfortable, the idealistic, and the discontented in wealthy societies who imagine that the system is rigged and that utopia is only one revolution away.

And so, the parasite moves on — from Lenin’s Russia to Mao’s China, from Castro’s Cuba to Chávez’s Venezuela, and now to the hearts and minds of young people in the very countries that defeated it.

But here’s the truth that must be said plainly: communism doesn’t fail because the wrong people were in charge. It fails because it is built on a lie — a lie about human nature, a lie about economics, and a lie about power. It assumes people will work as hard for the benefit of strangers as they will for themselves. It assumes planners can replace markets. It assumes that if you just give enough power to the state, the state will use it wisely and never abuse it.

History says otherwise.

So we must stop pretending that communism is a noble idea that was simply mismanaged. It is not a noble idea. It is a dangerous illusion — one that always ends in control, corruption, and collapse.

It may wear a new face in each generation, but it always leaves the same scars.


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To: Retain Mike

“”Humanity exists as swarms identified to be segregated, dominated, and/or irradicated. There is no perception or acknowledgement of eternity.””

That right there is Satan’s agenda over mankind. Domination and control, or destruction. The Communists merely carry out Satan’s agenda. If that one simple fact could be relayed to people and if they could be made to understand it, the world would be a much better place. Humans would probably become more reasonable.

Alas, as it is written... things will, instead, become much more “unreasonable” as time goes on. Satan will continue to get his way up until the very end, when Jesus returns. As Jesus stated, those who endure until the end, in His name, will be saved. It’s not going to be pleasant. Another trial, another test, a real tribulation. And we are already seeing glimmers and glaring hints re: how this will all play out. It has already begun.


21 posted on 09/15/2025 9:15:02 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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