Posted on 10/29/2019 7:07:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Labor camps, ecological ruin, shortages of everything from aspirin to toilet paper, and the ever-present risk of that midnight knock on the door -- what's not to love about communism? At least, that's what one out of three Millennials must think, according to a new survey conducted by Victims of Communism and YouGov.
But it gets better... er, worse. Not only did 30% of the 23-38 age cohort have a "favorable" view of communism, 70% said they'd be happy to vote for socialism. What they don't know -- actually, you're gonna need a longer list -- is what Lenin himself said: "The goal of socialism is communism." And, it probably needs to be said, the goal of democratic socialism is socialism. It's a slippery slope from voting yourself the contents of your neighbor's wallet to finding yourself singing "The Internationale" with the other happy forced-laborers in a Siberian goldmine.
My first thought was that these young Americans are merely the victims of a bad education. They probably know nothing of the brutalities of Lenin's secret police, or of the millions of Ukrainians purposely starved to death so that Stalin could have his collectivized farms. Millennials have never been taught that Cambodia's energetic communists killed no less than a quarter of their own people. They might not know about the retributions and "re-education" camps that North Vietnam brought to the South after American forces left. Semi-capitalist China is today a wealthy country, but Millennials know little of the tens of millions of random deaths in Mao's attempt to fully communize the country. They've been taught nothing, at best, about the approximately 100 million deaths attributable directly to communism.
But then I had a second thought.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
We’re seeing the results of another one of Lenin’s quotes: “The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.” The press, the universities, and even the dominant popular culture have all been co-opted by the progressive left, after a decades-long march through the institutions.
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The author is correct. in addition to the miserable educations the millenials received they swim in daily propaganda.
Leftism has really just become the seven deadly sins transformed into a political platform:
Class Warfare = Greed/Envy
Sexual “Liberation” = Lust
Universal Income = Sloth/Gluttony
Abortion/Euthanasia = Murder
Identity Politics = Pride
Cancel Culture = Wrath
Two in three say NO.
As the article says, it gets worse. “70% said they’d be happy to vote for socialism.” Personally, I would have gone with that title as it really drives home the point that the millennial generation is made up of leftist fools.
America’s been remarkably robust to this sort of subversion. That’s why they’ve had to resort to the endless immigration of fresh new true believers to shore up their cause.
Poll or Survey, same skunk in a different skin
Trying to “inform” us of what they want us to think
The article originally had a subtitle: Chicks are Stupid.
Cut off Title IV financial aid. World needs ditch diggers, and roofers, and plumbers. Too many kids on the spectrum, sucking up financial aid money at useless universities, being indoctrinated and coming out entitled, ignorant, addled and over sexed.
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I agree. 100%
We are paying trillions to produce bag-of-hammer morons.
Thanks for posting this.
You said it.
Excellent!
Capitalism, and those of us who celebrate individual achievement, are based on the pursuit of excellence. The alternatives, proposed by the Left, are based on the desire to tear down those who achieve and innovate. Pretty obvious war on reality.
I don’t doubt these figures for a second.
What's the next fifty years going to bring? Because, the socialists still control the schools, the press, the entire entertainment complex, the bulk of mainline denominational "religions", etc.
Yes but also hold history and civics forums for all levels online.
Two causes:
1.) No one is home raising the kids. They raise each other.
2.) The stated goal of public education for 70 years has been to rid students of love of country.
American history is about white people so it cannot be taught to nonwhites.
Perhaps Trump should work quietly across the nation in each state in the next five years to fast track pave the way for a new party. And then announce its debut near the end of his next term.
I like it!
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