Posted on 02/29/2020 5:07:47 AM PST by TigerClaws
The article loses me right there.
Hitler, and his regime, were Leftist.
First, fascism was an offshoot of socialism. Mussolini was a loyal member of the Italian socialist party and editor of their newspaper until he left based on foreign policy disagreement - not economic ones.
Second, although the economic right/left axis is important, more important is the authoritarian/freedom axis. In the end the economic justification of a totalitarian state doesn't matter because the government is in charge of everything and the individual citizens are not.
I agree. Antisemites but socialists. More government control = leftist.
This is also excellent.
Decades old a KGB defector describes accurately what the Marxists have done to our country.
“Loneliness Social Atomization Loss of Faith In Hierarchies And Institutions The Desire To Transgress And Destroy Indifference to Truth, and the Willingness To Believe Useful Lies A Mania for Ideology A Society That Values Loyalty More Than Expertise The Politicization of Everything If you think we’re not going on full-tilt on these things, you aren’t paying attention.”
More punctuation and less capitalization, please.
They are the leftist rats on your street, the busy bodies, gossips and snitches. They will potentially report you, swat you, or red flag you.
I know who mine is and is plain as day. Couple neighbors and I have discussed this topic and keep our information and beliefs to ourselves and when other neighbors start repeating this neighbor's busy body gossip, we plainly reply that this person is too much into everyone’s affairs and if they're gossiping about me, or the other neighbors they are doing it about you too, so be careful what you talk about. This has quieted it down a bit.
Hannah Arendt, in her 1951 study The Origins of Totalitarianism, said these factors in German and Russian society made them susceptible to Nazism and Bolshevism, respectively:I think still I have a copy of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" from college, when it was seen as a warning rather than an instruction manual.Loneliness
Social Atomization
Loss of Faith In Hierarchies And Institutions
The Desire To Transgress And Destroy
Indifference to Truth, and the Willingness To Believe Useful Lies
A Mania for Ideology
A Society That Values More Than Expertise
The Politicization of Everything
If you think we’re not going on full-tilt on these things, you aren’t paying attention.
Well, that is easier to read.
Thank you. Posted on a smartphone.
This is worth reading as well:
Three Decades Ago, America Lost Its Religion. Why?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/atheism-fastest-growing-religion-us/598843/
Although belief in God is no panacea for these problems, religion is more than atheism. It is a bundle: a theory of the world, a community, a social identity, a means of finding peace and purpose, and a weekly routine. Those, like me, who have largely rejected this package deal, often find themselves shopping à la carte for meaning, community, and routine to fill a faith-shaped void. Their politics is a religion. Their work is a religion. Their spin class is a church. And not looking at their phone for several consecutive hours is a Sabbath.
The absolute first requirement for woke totalitarianism is government and bureaucratic centralism. Once you have power collected in the center, in the national government, its only a matter of time.
And in America today, nearly all Americans love the power of Fed.gov.
Very good - thanks for posting. We can see exactly what is described and it’s not comfortable. Who promised us comfort? No one. Did we ever expect it to happen to our country? I, for one say NO! A lot of grumblings and “what ifs” went on during the ‘60’s - 70’s and beyond..with relatives, friends and neighbors surely but did we expect it to really happen?
The reason why roads are falling apart is that cities and states can no longer even consider filling a pot hole, much less build a bridge, without applying for a federal grant to do it and appeal any rejection. By then that pothole has turned into a mile of shabby road.
“”And not looking at their phone for several consecutive hours is a Sabbath.””
I thought people shriveled up and faded away if that took place. They don’t?
99% excellent, until the final paragraph. There was nothing "right" about National Socialism.
When the SHTF, do you have a plan to deal with that individual?
Don’t have to go to the movies anymore to see what zombies look & sound like.
“When the SHTF, do you have a plan to deal with that individual?”
We do.
They all start with the letter S.
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solutions have been discussed
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