GRAMSCIAN METHODS

etherzone.com ^ | September 10, 2002 | Albert V. Burns

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Once that had been achieved, he said, people would no longer be able to fully comprehend the arguments of the opponents to socialism and Marxism.

That was prophetic. And it worked. How many do we have today who can't tell the differences between communism, socialism, and fascism?

I'd wager that 1 in 20 on the streets could correctly differentiate between them.

[Tailgunner Joe]

1 in 100 would be generous.

[american colleen]

Bump for later reading - thanks for the post!

[headsonpikes]

"Thus the family...is being destroyed so that the state may take its place."

It's all about 'caring and sharing'.

And cannibalism.

[Eala]

In our next column, we will address the question of just how we can all work to re-establish the United States, as envisioned by our Founding Fathers, before it is too late.

I hope you'll post that one too.

[Carry_Okie]

Seeing as Orwell (in his record of the Spanish Civil War 1933) correctly identified socialist communism simply as a form of fascism perhaps the distinctions between the two are not so material?

In reality, it was the Communists above all others who prevented revolution in Spain. Later, when the Right Wing forces were in full control, the Communists showed themselves willing to go a great deal further than the Liberals in hunting down revolutionary leaders.

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Between the Communists and those who claim to stand to the Left of them there is a real difference. The Communists hold that Fascism can be beaten by alliance with sections of the caitalist class (the Popular Front); their opponents hold that theis manoeuvre simply gives Fascism new breeding-grounds. The question has got to be settled; to make the wrong decision may be to land ourselves in for centuries of semi-slavery.

There has never been a truly communist government and never will be.

[Ragin1]

An oldie, but goodie:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b555c262d74.htm

[Mr. Mulliner]

Bumped and bookmarked

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Pinging a fellow Gramsciophile...

[Bigun]

Gramsci recognized that it would be necessary to do so before the Marxist-socialists could have any hope of instituting their “New World Order.”

Actually he (Gramsci) never recognized that at all! He was simply parroting the 18th century French Philosophe Jean Jacques Rousseau who imagined that he alone had deciphered, and understood, nature's rules of human behavior. The writings of Rousseau heavily influenced Marx, Ingels, and many others, over the years.

Beyond that, this is a FINE article and a GREAT find!

Thanks for posting it!

[Darnright]

Bump for later read

[Askel5]

Some comprehensive FR "Gramsci" links at the bottom of this article: Deconstructing the West: The Gramscian-Marxist Subversion of Faith and Education

Regards.

[Askel5]

I think he was very specific, actually, about the need to eradicate faith, tradition and other safeguards of what we call "common sense".

[Bigun]

I think he was very specific, actually, about the need to eradicate faith, tradition and other safeguards of what we call "common sense".

You are quite correct but he did not come up with that on his own Rousseau had said those things LONG before!

That is the ONLY point I was trying to make.

[Slyfox]

You know, you could substitute the word "Democrat" for the words "Marxist-Leninist" and it wouldn't read any differently.

[Bigun]

OH! I forgot to say that there is NO doubt that Gramsci furthered Rousseau's cause beyond measure!

[Pistias]

Rousseau had said those things LONG before!

My Rousseau is limited...where does he say this? Discourses on Origin of Inequality?

[Bigun]

My Rousseau is limited...where does he say this? Discourses on Origin of Inequality?

To be PERFECTLY honest with you I would have to find it myself but I DO know he advocated, that in order for one to be PROPERLY educated, one's mind must be first freed of such petty (to him) distractions as family and faith.

I will attempt to find more direct citations when I find time.