From TheBlaze:
“To put it differently,” he elaborated, “we hope to connect the struggle at the ballot box today with the struggle for socialism tomorrow.”
Webb continued to discuss the “catastrophe” that would befall humanity if we did not begin living in a more environmentally friendly manner, before declaring socialism to be “imperative…to preserve peace and our planet, expand democracy, eliminate gross racial, gender, and other forms of inequality, and to provide a secure life for the billions living on this earth.”
One such Republican to defeat is likely Rep. Allen West of Florida, who has been criticized for noting that there are likely 80 members of Congress who may be Communists.
Rather than deny the charge, Communist Party Vice-Chairman Libero Della Piana remarked: “Is he saying that he would not support the democratic right of the people to elect communists to Congress if that was, in fact, what they wanted to do at some point in the future?”
My opinion is that we may very well have to consider changes that would do just that. We are no longer facing Gus Hall's moribund party, one that never had near the level of support that Marxists have in the US today. The trend does not appear to have any likelihood of abating:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/02/14/stunning-finding-of-the-day-the-young-are-more-left-wing-than-the-old/
"According to a new study conducted by the Pew Research Center, 49 percent of millennials (age 18-29) view socialism in a favorable light, compared to 43 percent who view it unfavorably.
Moreover, millennials like the sound of socialism better than capitalism. 46 percent of millennials have positive views of capitalism, and 47 percent have negative views.
This is different from the country’s population overall: 60 percent say they have a negative view of socialism, versus 31 percent who say they have a positive view. Young people are the only age group whose support for socialism outweighs that of capitalism."
We all have been long aware aware that the Halls of Academia (Sort of a dysfunctional reverse-image of The Halls of Valhalla) were forums for Leftist thought. For the most part, we blew these professors off; they were losers, anti-religion, anti US, and anti-family, as well as holding bizarre views of private property and the right to enjoy the fruits of one's labor. When I, at age 22, became aware of just how pervasive Marxist thought was in colleges, I was convinced that few would sign on to such drivel. This was 1989; East Germany was being cashiered as a nation, the Soviet Union was on its last legs, China was enjoying the benefits of privatization, and Communism as a system had lost so much credibility that no sane individual would sign on to such drivel.
As I have noted earlier, I was wrong - big time. Marxism has gained a tremendous amount of support as a concept. I of course am aware that the 18-29 age group is an impressionable one and that many drop deluded political ideas once they realize that they cannot work, but if even 10% of college students from the watershed year of 1989 never gave up on Marxism, along with the same rough amount for each year between then and now, we now have on our hands a whole lot of Marxists. Note also that those students from 1989 are themselves more than old enough to have taken the places of some of their old professors and can bring new vitality to Marxist studies. Colonialism, Whiteness studies, and other classes designed to discredit Western Societies and their accomplishments while putting their wrongs (often grossly exaggerated) under the microscope have taken their toll.
For those accustomed to Universal Suffrage as an institution, and we have taken it as a given for a long time, it is a difficult thing to give any thought to the possibility that there may be certain individuals who cannot be considered part of the Body Politic. We have not given any thought to whether or not a person who reaches his majority (Archaic term), upon reaching the age of 18, should automatically be allowed to exercise the same political power as does an individual who pays income and/or property tax, receives no government benefits such as welfare, has served in the military or other institution that would constitute a sacrifice of one's liberties for service to the nation, or taken any step that would recognize that he or she has entered into the Social Compact as described by John Locke. Note that voter requirements were a part of our nation from the beginning and that these do not need to single out anyone due to race, religion, etc.
Most are aware that Locke, particularly in his First and Second Treatises on Government, was a tremendous influence on the thought processes of our Founding Fathers. Our Declaration of Independence could not have been written in the form that we know had ideas promulgated by Locke not been around. I will not go into detail but on Locke's ideas but stick to his idea of the Social Contract. Note that his Treatises can be purchased for around $3.99 on E-readers.
Locke described the manner in which a person leaves the sphere of parental authority and joins society. I doing so, he, by choosing to in fact remain in the nation of his birth, accepts and engages in the Social Compact. This entails, among other things, an acceptance of the basic framework of that society. It does not mean that he cannot work to excise natural wrongs such as slavery, but it does mean that he should refrain from working to remove things that are part of the basic framework of that society. In the case of the US, one would, upon leaving the authority of one's parents and entering society, implicitly have to accept rights such as private property, the right to be free of oppressive taxation, to live where one chooses and can afford to live, to be free of governmental regulation that reaches into the minutiae of one's life, the right of that Nation itself to remain free and sovereign, etc.
To keep this short, a person who enters society while subscribing to Marxist principles or who does so at later in his life cannot be considered to be in agreement with the Social Compact as it pertains to the US. That may work in Cuba or another nation, but not here. One who seeks to overturn our social order and change the US into a Marxist/Socialist/Fascist (Which is Leftist also) should not be allowed to vote, hold office, or disrupt legitimate business.
Senator Joseph McCarthy, while painted as an individual who brought us into a dark period, was right in doing all that he could to expose those who adhered to Marxist principles. Such individuals have no desire to leave the US and move to a Marxist nation - they want you live in a Marxist society. They fully intend to continue to utilize their political power to bring about a Marxist Sate and, eventually, do away with our national sovereignty. Independent nation-states are anathema to Marxists.
We are fast approaching the day in which 51% of Americans will either identity themselves as or sympathize with Marxist principles. Once that occurs, there may very well be enough votes dispersed throughout the nation (On National and State levels) for a Constitutional Convention. Once that occurs, what is produced by that meeting of the minds may become the new Law of the Land.
I for one will not remain under such a State if that occurs. I do, however, want to remain a citizen and resident off the US. My position is this - we must move sooner than later for an amendment that changes voter qualifications. As long as those who do not pay taxes or serve in the military or other substantive service, remain on welfare, or acknowledge by their political affiliations and labors that they do not embrace the Social Compact of the US, can still wield the power of the vote, we will continue to inch closer to the End of America.
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Back to TheBlaze
Back to TheBlaze
"Once Republicans are successfully subdued, Webb believes that communists will join with workers in an “anti-corporate” struggle.
“[But] this stage of struggle doesn’t supplant capitalism,” he explained. Rather, it “brings the socialist stage closer as tens of millions become convinced in the course of the struggle that capitalism doesn’t work for them” [Emphasis added].
Finally, after a shift among the “core forces” for social change, the Communist Party and other leftist organizations will finally succeed in becoming “the people’s government.”
In this stage, Webb explained, it is important to “control the movement of capital, [institute] a tax policy that weighs heavily on the wealthy, and [place] under democratic control sectors of the economy, such as finance, that are a threat to the peoples’ government and a socialist revolution” [Emphasis added].
While many have long-dismissed the Communist Party and other leftist organizations as fringe political movements, their influence among vocal groups like Occupy Wall Street has granted them more consideration in recent months.
“We are still too small,” Webb said, “but the good news is that we’re growing.' "
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"Two young men were being “particularly persistent” on that day in seeking advice on how Gorbachev believed they should vote.
“When they asked this question, I said, ‘I don’t want to teach you because, often, America teaches others how they should live.’ If I give you advice, I said, that would be a risk,’” Gorbachev recalled Monday, speaking through an interpreter.
“But nevertheless, I did say, ‘I think you Americans need your own Perestroika.’ And 12,000 people rose from their seats and gave me an ovation. "
“[But] this stage of struggle doesn’t supplant capitalism,” he explained. Rather, it “brings the socialist stage closer as tens of millions become convinced in the course of the struggle that capitalism doesn’t work for them” [Emphasis added].
Finally, after a shift among the “core forces” for social change, the Communist Party and other leftist organizations will finally succeed in becoming “the people’s government.”
In this stage, Webb explained, it is important to “control the movement of capital, [institute] a tax policy that weighs heavily on the wealthy, and [place] under democratic control sectors of the economy, such as finance, that are a threat to the peoples’ government and a socialist revolution” [Emphasis added].
While many have long-dismissed the Communist Party and other leftist organizations as fringe political movements, their influence among vocal groups like Occupy Wall Street has granted them more consideration in recent months.
“We are still too small,” Webb said, “but the good news is that we’re growing.' "
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Also, former USSR premier Mikhael Gorbachev is supporting Obama:
“When they asked this question, I said, ‘I don’t want to teach you because, often, America teaches others how they should live.’ If I give you advice, I said, that would be a risk,’” Gorbachev recalled Monday, speaking through an interpreter.
“But nevertheless, I did say, ‘I think you Americans need your own Perestroika.’ And 12,000 people rose from their seats and gave me an ovation. "
Perestroika means "restructuring. That is what the former Soviet Premier thinks we should have.
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