May 30, 2009
Pravda: The American descent into Marxism
For those of you who are old enough to recall the Cold War in some detail, you'll remember that Pravda was the official propaganda outlet of the Soviet Union. Ostensibly a legitimate newspaper with correspondents accredited 'round the world, in reality it was the most obvious of government-controlled purveyors of press releases -- penned by Communist Party functionaries -- with as tenuous a grasp on journalistic ethics and standards as, well, The New York Times (especially since January 20th).
Pravda spent decades singing the praises of Communism and the Soviet Workers' Paradise, while gleefully pointing out the supposed failures of capitalism and the West.
So, when the current iteration of Pravda gives prominent play to an op/ed columnist who notices a certain fundamental change in the U.S., well, let's just say that they know of what they speak.
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.
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The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?
These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "freeman" whimper.
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The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Who would've thought we'd read an article in Pravda, even an opinion piece, warning Russian investors to divest themselves of their American holdings, in order to escape the economic meltdown made worse by the apparent slide into Socialism?
Strange days, filled with hope 'n change.
Posted by Mike Lief at May 30, 2009 09:20 AM
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We are witnessing the end of the American empire. Saddled by war, debt, and social decay, we will all experience the decline of a nation built by better generations than our own. The "Obama generation" is unworthy of its inheritance and like a spoiled child will fail to embrace the responsibilities that accompany opportunity.
Posted by: Roy at May 31, 2009 02:04 PM
The French telling us how comparatively conservative they are, Europa rejecting our request for military help, the Chinese hedging on buying our loans, Mexico complaining about our drug problem . . . and now Pravda crowing about our descent to socialism. What next . . . Belgium offering to train our military?
Posted by: The Little Coach at May 31, 2009 04:34 PM
so sad - the American way of life is disappearing. Those most loudly speaking out for our current president don't seem interested in anything but what they can get what they were promised for free which besides everything, includes their morgages. They don't have a clue or care that nothing is free.
Posted by: Carol at June 1, 2009 07:16 AM