Posted on 10/17/2009 1:58:43 PM PDT by neverdem
The defeat of communism 20 years ago was the most liberating moment in history. So why don't we talk about it more?
On August 23, 1989, officials from the newly reformed and soon-to-be-renamed Communist Party of Hungary ceased policing the country's militarized border with Austria. Some 13,000 East Germans, many of whom had been vacationing at nearby Lake Balaton, fled across the frontier to the free world. It was the largest breach of the Iron Curtain in a generation, and it kicked off a remarkable chain of events that ended 11 weeks later with the righteous citizen dismantling of the Berlin Wall...
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
And what makes you think those millions will still
remain free once the US is converted to a socialist
system?
Had you two taken the time to read and comprehend, you may have noticed that the column deals with liberation, rejection of communism in eastern Europe and how the momentous events are ignored in the country largely responsible for liberation.
Oh, and the article closes with comments regarding the fight for economic freedom and capitalism is no longer lead by the United States in the form of President Obama.
Lead by the United States, the West cut off the head of world communism. Communism is no longer exported as a matter of policy by the world's second most powerful country.
Your earlier comment insulted the memory of a Nation which gave hundreds of billions in treasure and tens of thousands of lives to fight and defeat Soviet barbarism.
What is it about our great victory over world communism 20 years ago you don't understand?
Great victory? Don’t make me laugh, it makes me
hurt too much. For some reason you refuse to
admit that our own government has been infiltrated
by communists, our communities by socialist organizations.
I honor all those who have sacrificed in the struggle to
overcome that evil ideology but make no mistake,
that struggle is not over!
GOOD STICKER!!!!!
“your country is responsible for the liberation of millions.”
Not really. What you saw as liberation is the first step in the enslavement of the world. Can’t you see the signs? Obama dismantling freedom and prosperity brick by brick, selling us on the world market; KGB-inspired slogans being chanted at Sheriff Arpeo?
Open your eyes! It’s happening all around you.
“There’s even been one (so far) self-proclaimed communist found serving in the current executive branch of our own government.”
Self proclaimed. Yes. What does proclamation have to do with anything? The whole federal government is Marxist-Leninist now. The rest of them are just covering their perfidy with euphemisms like “Progressive”.
The important thing is that the tenets and goals of Lenin are being enacted here in America the beautiful, right now, in its government in Washington, DC .
What defeat of communism?
Great post, but who will tell the children?
Whatever it will be (communism or socialism), you can bet they won’t use that term. Until, of course, the whole populace is sufficiently indoctrinated.
It will no doubt hurt the Chinese economy but it will absolutely destroy ours and, with the U.S. out of the way, they will be able to dominate entire continents without having to play nice to do it.
It really depends if the Chinese are "new communists" who want to be government-controlled capitalists or if they are just posing for global acceptance and will return to their "old communist" ways (like North Korea) just as soon as they've cornered our capitalist markets.
Remember the old communist style sheds no tear for starving and killing their own people, forcing them to live minimalist lives while surrendering all control to the party and the state. It will only take one dictator to return China to those days.
And if you listen closely to American environmentalists, how different are their demands from the ones of the old-style communists? Not much as far as I can see. They want government squelching our freedoms and controlling our thoughts.
BINGO.
We made a mistake in assuming communism had been defeated.
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It really depends if the Chinese are "new communists" who want to be government-controlled capitalists or if they are just posing for global acceptance and will return to their "old communist" ways (like North Korea) just as soon as they've cornered our capitalist markets.
Remember the old communist style sheds no tear for starving and killing their own people, forcing them to live minimalist lives while surrendering all control to the party and the state. It will only take one dictator to return China to those days.
The USA has its problems, but I think you greatly underestimate the problems the Chicoms currently have.
Bordering on Danger - A Sino-Indian boundary dispute risks flaring up.
Besides India, the Han Chinese have major problems with the Tibetans and Uighurs as well as recent refugees from Burma.
In their rush to embrace capitalism and industry, the Chicoms have huge problems with air, water and soil pollution.
Corruption is rampant. Lax building code enforcement due to corruption is suspected in their earthquake fatalities. Due to their one child only policy, and their preference for boys, they now have an average of six males for every five females being born for some time now.
As for China's domestic unrest:
And if you listen closely to American environmentalists, how different are their demands from the ones of the old-style communists? Not much as far as I can see.
The progressive left is weaker than ever. With the current economy, their premier issue - global warming/climate change - is dead last out of 20 concerns with respect to issues the voters care about in the USA.
They took Congress in 2006 by moving right on gun control and abortion where needed and promising to be fiscally conservative. They continued that BS in 2008. Now they have lost the moderates and independents that control elections if you check recent public opinion polls. Self identified liberals and progressives are only little more than one fifth of the electorate in the 2006 and 2008 exit polls.
As analyst Charles Cook notes, 84 House Democrats represent districts that were carried either by George W. Bush in 2004 or John McCain in 2008, and 48 of those districts were carried by both Bush and McCain.
Not really.
Obama regularly minimizes and insults the accomplishments and sacrifices our nation made in the violent course of the 20th century. I never thought I would hear like sentiments from a Freeper. You are a true clown.
By your “logic” our defeat of, and stupendous victory over Fascism in 1945 was no victory at all. After all, fascism still exists, right? You are a true clown.
You have totally misunderstand my stand. I respect and admire and pray for our soldiers and I agree with all the Bush did over there.
You’re not reading what I said at all. Don’t do to me as the Liberals are doing to Rush Limbaugh!
The defeat of Fascism was a victory but not the victory
it could have been, why did Ike stop at the Elbe?
Why did he let the communists take Berlin? It could
have been a victory for the west but instead it was
a victory for communism, and we paid a stiff price for
that in later years.
I do not understand your personal attacks, I assure
you there is nothing clownish in my study of history.
And I certainly do not denigrate the sacrifice I and
thousands of other Americans have made in fighting for
freedom.
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