Posted on 07/05/2021 4:01:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber
n authoritarian collectivism (socialism), power and paranoia live together like fraternal twins. That's what we're seeing now.
In authoritarian collectivism (socialism), power and paranoia live together like fraternal twins. Each one reinforces the other. As the revolutionary party gains strength, its paranoia about the threat from "the enemy" grows. This ruling psychological principle is based on a monstrous and maximalist perversion of Woody Allen's bon mot: "Even paranoiacs have enemies."
The 20th century offers familiar examples of the phenomenon: the greater the relative power of the authoritarian regime and the weaker the opposition, the greater is the regime's paranoia about losing political power it has just seized.
On October 24, 1917, Lenin seized power from Kerensky's Provisional Government in a military coup he called "the Bolshevik Revolution." There had been no general uprising in Russia. Lenin demanded the utter destruction of the Bolsheviks' political enemies.
Lenin fashioned the ensuing Red Terror after the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution. Martin Latsis, head of the Ukrainian Cheka, stated in the newspaper Red Terror:
We are exterminating the bourgeoisie as a class. Do not look in the file for incriminating evidence to see if the accused rose up against the Soviets. Determine ... to which class he belongs, his background, his education, and his profession to decide the fate of the accused. This is the essence of Red Terror.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Are our new BLM communists less deranged than the old communists?
They are literally the same.
“Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorist try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Patrick J. Kennedy
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And from Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”:
3. “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty.
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9. “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist.
“...To the neo-Marxists in control of the Biden regime, “direct action” is necessary to pre-empt political opposition…”
The idiot and uninformed voters will tolerate THIS more quickly an unquestioningly than any formal law expressly written and officially implemented to force such conduct on the population!
A law/s like that on a ballot would NEVER be countenanced! But-ANY incompetent and unprincipled guy with a team like Joe’s can easily step up and informally assume this behavior, without once being challenged.
Thanks, MSM!
Bkmk
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