How Totalitarianism Rhymes Throughout History: Czechoslovakia, China, & Venezuela

Ammo.com ^ | 6/1/2021 | Sam Jacobs

[ammodotcom]

“It can’t happen here” is a political cliche in the United States. Regardless of your personal viewpoint, there is a vast swath of the American population who simply do not believe in the possibility of any kind of totalitarianism in the United States.

It’s worth noting that throughout history, in virtually every place that totalitarian regimes have arisen, the residents of these countries felt the same way. Russia was seen as too traditional and backward, the power of the Czar too entrenched to be defeated. Germany had been viewed throughout most of the modern period as the home of Goethe, Schiller, and Mozart, a place where the local Jewish population had largely assimilated.

Because totalitarianism emerges differently throughout history in different countries, it’s crucial to take a broader view of how totalitarian regimes arise. For example, when we’re discussing the rise of communism or the rise of fascism, we see different trends in Russia than we do in China, different trends in Italy than we do in Germany. When we examine multiple, somewhat lesser known examples of the rise of socialism throughout the world, we paint a picture of the different ways in which socialism originated and its possible resurgence.

This case study of terror analyses three examples of totalitarianism throughout history. In Czechoslovakia, the Communist Party was able to establish the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic by leveraging little more than a strong showing - but not a victory - in the parliamentary elections. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of Communist China in the 1960s, Chairman Mao came out of relative isolation to radically remake an already communist country. Lastly, we will look right in America’s backyard at the rise of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.

[Skywise]

Fight like hell

[GBA]

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.

It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

― Ronald Reagan

[DesertRhino]

Very good article. And I think this record of their methods of success has lead to a certain hubris on the American communist side.

But I do still believe that the world will see something very different when they try to go for the final push here (as they inevitably will) There really is something to that old American cowboy frontier mentality, the rugged individual. It IS out there, though it is not seen much. Neither is the Yellowstone volcano, but rest assured, it IS there. Pressure is building every day.

The American communists are lulled into believing they have won. But there are big powerful swaths of normal America that remain untouched and they do not feel defeated. One day they will go too far, and we will see Fort Sumter, a Lexington and Concord, or an Archduke assassinated. And things will go down that old unpredictable path.

[ammodotcom]

They’re certainly done all they can to mollify the American people – giving the government religious importance, neutering freedom of speech, letting the teacher’s union become a horde of rabid commies – and plenty more you’re already aware of. But it is difficult for those who have become demoralized to comprehend those who aren’t. People who ask “Are you willing to die for your beliefs?” aren’t willing to do so themselves. They understand fighting for their beliefs even less, as they’ve never had to resist anything in a country in which the MSM increasingly treats socialism like it’s the status quo mindset.

All it takes is a little push.