Well keep in mind, you're comparing what we have today to actual communism after the purges
The very first thing that every communist regime does is kill all the "useful idiots." All the intellectuals who supported communism? Off to the gulag. The early organizers who created and passed out communist propaganda? Off to the gulag. The "true believers" in the ideal of communism? For-fucking sure they go straight to the gulag.
Why? Because these people are willing and able to question the actual policies of the """communist""" government. And a communist government is really just a totalitarian government with a better origin story. Anyone who questions or may question them gets purged, and purged hard.
The people who survive in positions of political power aren't actually communists - they're sociopaths willing to crack skulls to support the totalitarian government. They're basically gangsters.
And then afterwards, when the dust settles, you might get a few children's books. Sure. That's fine. Whatever. That's like selling lemonade on a block controlled by the mafia. They don't give a shit.
You're comparing that with what we have today. What we have today is much closer to the Salem Witch Trials. These people are literally brainwashed, and the people in power support them.
The people who survive in positions of political power aren't actually communists - they're sociopaths willing to crack skulls to support the totalitarian government. They're basically gangsters.
More like the earlier witch frenzy after the Hammer of Witches was published. The Church itself went through a total 180 on the issue of things like witches and werewolves being literally real (rather than just metaphorically so) because of the pressure it caused.
This is precisely the problem that Harris/Biden are running into now. The progressives are getting annoyed that they didn't get everything, and Biden voters are posting their L's. If they could, they'd absolutely purge the Left, but they simply aren't strong enough yet.
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Which is why I think we might go to war with Russia.
Well keep in mind, you're comparing what we have today to actual communism after the purges
The very first thing that every communist regime does is kill all the "useful idiots." All the intellectuals who supported communism? Off to the gulag. The early organizers who created and passed out communist propaganda? Off to the gulag. The "true believers" in the ideal of communism? For-fucking sure they go straight to the gulag.
Why? Because these people are willing and able to question the actual policies of the """communist""" government. And a communist government is really just a totalitarian government with a better origin story. Anyone who questions or may question them gets purged, and purged hard.
The people who survive in positions of political power aren't actually communists - they're sociopaths willing to crack skulls to support the totalitarian government. They're basically gangsters.
And then afterwards, when the dust settles, you might get a few children's books. Sure. That's fine. Whatever. That's like selling lemonade on a block controlled by the mafia. They don't give a shit.
You're comparing that with what we have today. What we have today is much closer to the Salem Witch Trials. These people are literally brainwashed, and the people in power support them.
The sounds exactly like real communists.
More like the earlier witch frenzy after the Hammer of Witches was published. The Church itself went through a total 180 on the issue of things like witches and werewolves being literally real (rather than just metaphorically so) because of the pressure it caused.
I sometimes wonder if our society is being run by literal witches.
This is precisely the problem that Harris/Biden are running into now. The progressives are getting annoyed that they didn't get everything, and Biden voters are posting their L's. If they could, they'd absolutely purge the Left, but they simply aren't strong enough yet.
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Which is why I think we might go to war with Russia.