Black Book of Communism - Review by Claire Wolfe

JPFO ^ | 2000 | Claire Wolfe

[Doomonyou]

You might be surprised to learn who these French authors consider to be the real father of Communism (hint: not Marx). And most readers would certainly be surprised to learn that Soviet leaders so greatly respected one Western saint that they erected a monument to him at the Kremlin.

I haven't read it yet, but I plan on it. So, to those who have read it, who is this western saint whom these French persons claim is the real father of communism?

[Noumenon]

Death By Government is sobering must read for those new to the subject matter. But Wolfe's review contains this one particular gem:

"With such loaded terms, no debate is possible. The assumptions have been imposed in the very words."

Now there's a chain of logic that few have the courage to follow to its conclusion. When the very terms we use to frame our debate have been hijacked in the service of tyranny, that leaves...

[philman_36]

...this one particular gem: "With such loaded terms, no debate is possible.
The assumptions have been imposed in the very words."
Yes, it is a gem isn't it...

Dopehead!
(not you, just an example)

[oyez]

biggest crimes in history

Could't be crimes if the such acts were done for the welfare of the people. (sarcasm)

[traviskicks]

The book is a long read (like this article), and can get a little repetative. (mostly because so many people are killed so similarily by the communists). Still, it is a graet read. I also agree with the holocaust comparisons by one of the authors (his name starts with a C). Nazis kill a race, Communists kill a class, and eventually if it's run to it's conclusion: everyone.

Here is a summary I wrote that is the main lesson I got from the book:
http://www.neoperspectives.com/kerryconclusion.htm

Most disturbing is Kerry's position on Communism. Communism is the greatest evil that man has ever known. It is responsible for more than 100 millions deaths (more than all the wars in history combined), millions and millions of refugees and the subjugation and slavery of over 2 billion people since WWII. Communist regimes always follow a similar pattern. A Communist regime has never been elected, so first Communists must orchestrate a revolution, often with the support of funding from preexisting Communist regime. Next, Communists dissolve private property, nationalize media and begin a brutal purge of political prisoners and the upper classes. To conduct it's class warfare and maintain control of the revolting people, the state will militarize, establish a large secret police presence, and create horrific labor/reeducation camps. The economy collapses, failed farm policies result in starvation, refugees flee, and the government begins to export Communist revolution abroad. How far the government is willing to push the Communist philosophy will directly equate with the severity of these events and the suffering of their people. This exact pattern has come to pass in the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Angola, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Cuba. A few countries on this list have not experienced the true hell of Communism because the governments either didn't last long enough to take full root, or total Communist policies were not pursued in earnest. (67)

(source 67 is the BB of Communism)

[traviskicks]

I'm not saying people shouldn't read it. It's more like a warning about Mom's Thankgiving day turkey. It's dry, but you shouldn't go without it.
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lol, you said it much better then I did.

[Bernard Marx]

Bump

[rdb3]

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