Posted on 08/19/2026 4:29:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber
While we were looking the other way, it seemed, a new version of an old, toxic ideology drifted out of certain academic circles in Europe and into faculty lounges on this side of the Atlantic. In due course, it spread from the universities to K-12 schools. Now, a couple of generations later, candidates infected with the contagion have, with alarming frequency, been seeking and winning elections to municipal and state offices as well as the Congress of the United States.
Like the shapeshifters of science fiction, the scourge of communism has returned in a new and possibly more virulent guise, emphasizing race and gender rather than class. The ultimate goal remains the same—totalitarian control, this time around by the “woke” in place of the vanguard of the proletariat.
The equivalents of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin are with us today, in the committees of the Democratic Socialists of America and among the acolytes of Zohran Mamdani, biding their time. Given the clear and present danger, how can we protect ourselves and preserve our republic? And nothing less is at stake.
One thing we can and should do is inoculate the next generation against the contagion. Teaching civics is a good first step. But, in addition, every high school and college student should be required to take a course on totalitarian ideologies so they can recognize one when they see it.
Such a course would isolate the elements common to these ideologies and put them under a figurative microscope. Instructors today rely on what’s called a “teaching module.” I offer the following as a preliminary “teaching module” for Totalitarian Ideologies 101.
My “module” starts with some general considerations about human nature:
1. Human beings are capable of the most magnanimous acts of generosity and benevolence, as well as the most horrendous
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But, the public schools have become indoctrination centers of the left. So how do you change that?
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Whatever pisses them off the most is probably the way to go.
At the top of Totalitarian Ideologies is Islam. All others are subservient. Totalitarians without borders. Soldiers without uniforms. Brainwashed without a mind of their own. Inhumane barbarians.
Vouchers and Academic Savings Accounts are a good first step.
Abolish colleges of education on all campuses.
Homeschool, if you can.
Immediately, require all government school teachers to take and pass calculus with a C or better. Yes, it is not needed for the job but it would eliminate the dumbest, and those who do pass can think somewhat reasonably in a logical manner.
Totalitarian ideologies typically divide a complex world into two simple factions: a malevolent, controlling group and the suffering victims. All the negative aspects of human behavior are attributed to the victimizers. Victims are considered fundamentally just and noble. These beliefs are irrefutable, because if you question them, you will be consigned to the malevolent group, and your views will be discounted.
“””In due course, it spread from the universities to K-12 schools”””
On separate occasions I recently asked a couple of my 35 year old family members about their thoughts on the invasion of illegals into the USA.
Their response: “We were all immigrants at one point.”
That’s what they say.
To me, that’s the equivalent of discussing a criminal like Charles Manson or Ted Bundy and having someone shrug and say, “We all make mistakes”.
It’s a fundamental error in category. Serial killing isn’t a “mistake” and legal immigration is not a criminal offense. These things are not the same.
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And they've defeated the writer as evidenced by the use of the word "gender" instead of "sex".
Totalitarian ideologies typically divide a complex world into two simple factions: a malevolent, controlling group and the suffering victims. All the negative aspects of human behavior are attributed to the victimizers. Victims are considered fundamentally just and noble.The author is describing the psychology of the selfish malevolent originator of the "share the wealth" demand with its "occupy movement," via use of the victim entitlement mentality. Who, in seeking to obtain power by deceptive craft, versus faithfulness to God, Lucifer, while being a created and blessed being, and in need of nothing, yet asserted in his selfish lust for power:
I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isaiah 14:13-14)
This was the original "share the wealth" demand and pompous 'occupy movement," presuming elevation by self-will (later exampled by rebellious students taking over the administration buildings), versus being blessed by faithfulness to the only One worthy of absolute power. Who, unlike Satan, is ultimately unselfish, since He needs nothing, (Acts 17:25), and mostly endures grief from mankind, and whose requirement of covenant fidelity is simply rationally just, since unlike created beings and entities, the omniscient and omnipotent Lord of all can never and will never fail.
And,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (John 10:1)
In contrast, the unselfish faithful child of God will realize this promise:
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Revelation 21:7) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (Revelation 3:21)
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (Revelation 20:6)
And since "every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." (Luke 18:14) then the devil, being ejected from Heaven, yet serving the purpose of providing an alternative to obedience to God (for of what good is the ability to make consequential choices - revealing what one really wants - if there is nothing to choose between?), Lucifer seeks power by seeking to subtly seduce man, who is given power as stewards of earth.
Thus, reading btwn the lines of Genesis 3:1-5 and one should see that Lucifer is insinuating that the Almighty is unjustly keeping Eve from an attribute that would make her divine:
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:1-5)
Eve is being told that she is a victim of divine injustice, with the remedy being rebellion, heeding the devil who has power to gain, as Adam goes along with his helpmate.
they are usually grounded in authentic grievances and propound solutions to every social ill. In other words, they promise utopia.
Later disciples of demons usually had actual injustices to work with (which demons foster), such as in Communism or racial discrimination, or which they invent, both of which demons via their proxy servants magnify, constantly reminding the victims of their status, thus whatever actual injustices exist take upon a life of their own.
the path to utopia is always the same: eradicating the designated oppressors. it then becomes necessary to concentrate power in the hands of the eliminators.
We see this in the final rebellion of man, in which, after 1,000 years of peace under the ruler Christ, in which the devil is bound, then in the final test and war, Satan is loosed and he leads unbelievers (survivors of the tribulation) with their latent rebellion, to make war on the camp of the faithful believers to reigned under Christ:
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:7-10).
Thanks Dan.
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I live in a city with multiple bus lines, and a commuter rail station in it and a subway station less than 10 minutes, yet I read the local FB page and complaints about “transportation injustice.” But we (most) all complain too much in our relative prosperity.
We Are totally Surrounded in this Upholstered Sewer with comforts Unimaginable 100 yrs ago when the Horse and Buggy and early Automobile were exchanging Number ONE at top of Transportation.
I’m in North West Arizona and a Vehicle is
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We are Blessed...
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Who was it with The “WWJD” Book?
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I was chatting with a couple grubby guys and wanted to Bring up JESUS some How...
“What Would JESUS Drive?” I Asked???
“A Gremlin!” One Said———
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Glory to God.
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For Such a Time as This.
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Noah had the boat
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Indeed. Before rising one morn, as yourself what life you would rise to 200 years ago. And thank God He changes not. But affluence is a test.
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