Good article. They have certainly learned from the mistakes of the Russian revolution. Same strategy different tactics.
On Jul 31, 2016 1:46 PM, "Travis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/07/hillary_is_a_menshevik.html > Hillary Is a Menshevik > > The Bolshevik/Menshevik crisis we saw in the first stages of the Russian > Revolution is bubbling to the surface in our country through the Democratic > Party. > > The Democratic Party today reflects an updated version of the > Bolshevik/Menshevik split of the early 20th century. In 1903, the Russian > Social-Democratic Labor Party (communist) split into two opposing groups, > the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. Vladimir Lenin, leader of the > pro-dictatorial Bolsheviks, defined the difference between the two groups, > as one being "hard > <http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/bolshevik-menshevik-split>" > (Bolsheviks) and the other being "soft," led by Leon Trotsky, Georgi > Plekhanov, Julius Martov, and others. Both were for the overthrow of > capitalism and of the Tsarist regime, but the Mensheviks would allow for a > somewhat broader range of views within the communist apparatus. > Ironically, the meeting that sealed this split was held in London, a center > of capitalism, where differences could be aired, and even revolutionary > groups could meet without fear of reprisal. > > After the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, Russia withdrew from WWI, > and a long civil war raged between the two parties, which the Bolsheviks > won. A dictatorship of the proletariat was happily introduced by Lenin, > but because of weak production, particularly in agriculture, there was some > modification in the direction of private ownership under Lenin's New > Economic Policy. When Lenin died, the dictatorial confiscation of private > property was reinstated under Josef Stalin, Lenin's successor. Trotsky had > to escape to Mexico, where one of Stalin's hired assassins murdered him. > > Stalin's policy was to purge, purge, purge. The revolution had to be > purified. You see, some prosperous peasants in Ukraine, the kulaks, were > not happy turning over their land and their equipment – in short, their > small agri-businesses – to this vicious ideologue who was intent on > collectivizing agriculture. Many kulaks were murdered. Others left their > homes and fled as far as Siberia. Their properties and possessions were > confiscated. It was one of the most horrible episodes in the history of > humankind of a government dispossessing and brutally enslaving and killing > its own people. > > The Menshevik opposition was crushed in Russia, but it lived on elsewhere > as a communist ideal, violently opposed to capitalism, albeit > anti-Stalinist. So when we saw the collapse of communism in the USSR, we > saw the collapse of Bolshevism, but Menshevism has lived on all these > decades and is now the order of the day in the Democratic Party. > > > > What are the parallels between then and now? With the followers of Bernie > Sanders, we see the essence of the Menshevik pattern. It is solidly > anti-capitalist and Marxist in its foundation. Bernie's willingness to > relinquish his microphone to Black Lives Matter was a symbol of his > willingness to accommodate to the more thuggish and violent elements of the > Democratic Party. Under the rubric of listening to "the people's voice," > Bernie and friends will give ground to the violent voices. At the > convention, we hear speakers like Leon Panetta, Tim Kaine, and Joe Biden being > drowned out <http://www.pressreader.com/> by the Sanders Menshevik group > at various point in their speeches. Meanwhile, outside the hall, other > communists were burning flags and screaming their pro-communist > obscenities. This violent (Stalinist) voice will continue to accompany the > mainstream Menshevik voice, since both are ideologically on the same page. > > > > Many news articles noted that terrorism was barely discussed during the > convention. The reason is that the left is united ideologically with the > Islamist terrorists > <https://www.amazon.com/United-Hate-Romance-Tyranny-Terror/dp/1935071602/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469746092&sr=1-1&keywords=united+in+hate> > in their bid to destabilize the U.S. and the West and to overthrow > capitalism using the Islamists' strategically to accomplish long-run goals, > intending to dispense with them at the right time. Of course, the > Islamists, in a parallel fashion, are using their left-wing sympathizers to > accomplish their goals to destroy the infidels and their governments. At > the right time, we can be sure that they intend to put the left-wing > infidels in their place as second-class, jizya-paying infidels. > > Hillary is also a Menshevik, albeit a more subtle Menshevik than Sanders. > She selects the impressive Tim Kaine as her running mate. He, like > Hillary, does not openly and boastfully speak of their identification with > Marxist philosophy, but instead speaks of his commitment to "social > justice." Kaine boasts of his Catholic upbringing (remember, Josef Stalin > attended a seminary for a while to become a priest in the Russian Orthodox > Church). Kaine doesn't say he is vigorously pro-life. But he portrays > himself as a warrior of the caring wing of Catholicism like Pope Francis – > all for one and one for all. All religions are peaceful. We all have much > more in common than the perceived differences would seem to suggest. The > convention theme is "Together." > > Also, in a strange way, Hillary's old-school corruption, where she is > bought by Wall Street and foreign individuals and entities, creates the > impression that she is simply greedy and not really a threat to our freedom > or to capitalism. How could somebody who benefits so much from a > parasitical relationship with capitalism be opposed to capitalism? > > You see, Hillary is a disciple of the community organizer Saul Alinsky, > just like Pres. Obama. Consider this quotation from Alinsky's classic book > about community organizing, *Rules for Radicals > <https://archive.org/stream/RulesForRadicals/RulesForRadicals_djvu.txt>*: > "If I were organizing in an orthodox Jewish community I would not walk in > there eating a ham sandwich, unless I wanted to be rejected so I could have > an excuse to cop out. My 'thing,' if I want to organize, is solid > communication with the people in the community. Lacking communication I am > in reality silent; throughout history silence has been regarded as assent — > *in > this case assent to the system*" (my italics). > > If you are one of the more intelligent promoters of Alinskyism, you will > realize that Hillary's engagement with the big money moguls both domestic > and foreign is a twofold strategy. Her selfishness and corruption from > taking bribes and contributions can be (falsely) perceived as her assent to > capitalism, to the system of high-level corruption which Sanders claims to > oppose and which Trump jokes about as necessary in order to do business. > But what did Alinsky write? If you want to organize orthodox Jews, you > cannot eat ham in front of them. If you want to organize America, you have > to seem to be putting money first. This is not the country of high-minded > Christian ethics it was at our founding. Hillary's character flaw, > greediness so-called, is part of her Menshevik Alinsky strategy – to seem > committed to the very system that in fact she is dedicated to destroying. > > By taking the money, she seems to be assenting to capitalism; however, in > fact, she wants to bring down the system, which we see from her commitment > to protecting the Islamists in the Middle East and in the U.S., like Obama, > by avoiding the rhetoric of "Islamic terrorism." Also, she has put herself > foursquare on the side of exponentially expanding the scope of the federal > government's role in the economy and in our private lives. Further, > instead of supporting the family and the individual, she supports the > "global village" concept, the pro-abortion movement, and the expansion – > not the reduction – of people's dependence on governmental welfare > programs. 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