Every once in a while I get an inkling, a premonition? Or
maybe just curiosity to go searching into a subject that I'm not familiar with
because something in current events has prompted me. Recent events here in
America seem to remind me of something I read back in high school history class
about the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution of 1917. I Found myself
wondering do we have the forgotten spirits of the Bolsheviks here among us
influencing social, cultural and political events?
The more I thought about it the stronger the urge became to
get brushed up on my Russian Revolution history. After a little bit of online
research I discovered the name of the foremost authority on the Russian
Revolution in Western culture. His name is Richard Pipes. He has written three
major works about the Russian Revolution: The
Russian Revolution, Russia under the
Bolshevik Regime and Three “Whys” of
the Russian Revolution. I ordered two of them; The Russian Revolution and Three “Whys” of the Russian Revolution
The last of these being only 80 pages in length, I dove right
in. By page 5 my blood was chilled. It was pretty much just the creeps until I
got to page 40. Now I feel compelled to share with everyone this resource. The
parallels between our current administration and the Bolshevik party warrant
discussion. I would like to include a few excerpts from the book. I strongly
encourage anyone reading this to order online "Three Whys of the Russian
Revolution". In 80 pages you should be sufficiently alarmed.
The first excerpt is on page 40 describing Lenin:
**Lenin treated politics as warfare. Of course, all Marxists
did so in a sense; to the Marxists, politics means class war. But the others
did not take this dictum quite as literally as did Lenin. Whereas they thought
of it as ordinary conflict, he and he alone saw its purpose as conquering power
and annihilating all rivals. By annihilation, he meant, not merely eliminating
them as competitors, but physically exterminating them. Such a view of
politics, of course, gave Lenin great advantages in the struggle for power.
Once power was gained, however, and the adversary was "conquered,"
such a view provided no guidance for running a society.**
Our current president has taken a lesson from Vladimir
Lenin. Class war is a tool. The description continues on page 42:
**Lenin saw himself as the commander-in-chief of a
organization committed to permanent political warfare. He unquestionably
excelled in this particular pursuit. In the concluding chapter of Russia under
the Bolshevik Regime, I maintain that he was never an outstanding statesman –
he had few constructive ideas – but that he was one of the great conquerors of
world history, a man who vanquished his own country in a way that no one before
him had even attempted. The rival parties, the Socialists and, to some extent,
the liberals, were populist, believing in the innate wisdom of the Russian
people. They were not prepared to fight, and they lost out to a politician for
whom struggle was a normal occupation, and peace emir breathing spell for war.**
If ever there was an organization bent on and committed to
permanent political warfare it is the Democratic machine we are watching in
operation right now. A good example of this is the reemergence of the issue of
women in combat. The issue was settled some 10 to 12 years ago but not
satisfactorily for the liberals and progressives in the Democratic Party. Here
we are again fighting over the same issue that society had concluded a decade
ago. This is permanent political warfare. On page 43 the description continues:
**Another advantage of Lenin's derived from the fact that he
did not care about Russia. He cared about Germany and England in the sense
that, for him, as a revolutionary, they were the key countries. Russia he
viewed as nothing more than a stepping stone to global upheaval; a backward
country, populated mainly by an uncouth rural "petty bourgeoisie" in
the shape of self-sufficient "middle" peasants and "kulaks."
Such a country could not make a world revolution: at best, it could serve as a
spark that would set off the powder keg abroad. In his view, Russia was the
weak link in the chain of world imperialism, the snapping of which would
unleash upheavals in the heart of Europe. It was a profound personal tragedy
for him that his expectations in this respect were not met and the Revolution
remained confined to Russia and her colonies.
Because
he did not care about his country, Lenin was prepared to promise everybody
whatever they wanted without giving much thought to the future. The peasants
wanted private land for their communes? Let them take it: eventually all the
land will be confiscated and collectivized anyway. Until then, "looting
the loot" will win over, or at least neutralize, the peasantry. The
workers demand to run the factories? Even though "workers control" is
a detestable syndico- anarchist slogan, there is no harm in granting their
desires – for the time being. Once industries have been nationalized and
subjected to a general economic plan of production, "workers control"
will vanish of itself. The soldiers clamor for peace? Give them peace; when the
"proletarian dictatorship" is firmly in power, they will be duly mobilized
for the global Civil War. The national minorities call for independence? By all
means: they only have to ask. The "right of national
self-determination," including separate statehood, is guaranteed, with the
tacit understanding that, if exercised, it will be overruled by the superior
right of "proletarian self determination." This purely tactical
approach to all political problems was an enormous boon because no other party
in Russia was prepared to engage in such demagoguery. Of course when the
promissory notes were presented for payment later on, Lenin had to default,
alienating all those who, passively or actively, had helped him come to power
and forcing him to install a totalitarian regime which had not been his
intention.**
It cannot be disputed that no other president in American
history has promised so much to so many with no thought of how this will affect
the future, just like Lenin.
And there's a lot to argue over whether Mr. Obama cares for
this country or not. His being raised overseas with all his childhood memories
abroad has at the least lessened his sentimental ties to an American raising
and traditional values. After his election, his wife articulated the fact that
she had never been proud of this country until he was elected. This speaks
volumes of her sentiment toward America. And what else can we take from the
fact that Mr. Obama spent 20 years under the pastor of “God bless America? No!
God d**n America…” More evidence is easy
to find. Mr. Obama's disdainful remarks
about those who would "cling to God and their guns" is another
revealing statement about his sentiment toward average Americans. It apparently
parallels Lenin's thoughts of his “countrymen.”
There are some striking differences between early 1900’s Russia and the United States, however. For
one, citizens of the United States have experienced and enjoyed all the
amenities of real freedom. According to Natan Sharansky once you have tasted
freedom, you will never be happy without it. And enslaving a people who have
known real freedom is no small task. Yet we see the same tactics being used
here in the US by an administration who has promised "fundamental
transformation."
Please, please, please acquire this book. It is only 80
pages. Its contents may prevent us from experiencing a 70 year black abyss
comparable to what Russia experienced or worse.
Bolshevism thrives and grows in a culture of discontent,
dissatisfaction and conflict between subgroups of a society. It is simply a
means for a narcissist to promote himself by creating crisis and dissension then
taking full advantage to elevate himself to power.
Friends, unless I'm terribly mistaken the seeds of
Bolshevism have been sewn here in our country. A second term to this administration
will allow the crop to break ground. How will we respond?
Always remember we are Americans. Truly, united we stand.
Disrespecting one another and disregarding the boundary markers our Founders
left us in our State Papers will prove disastrous. Sound moral guidance, love
for our fellow citizens is an antidote to Bolshevism. God help us to see in
each other a God given, inherent value. Freedom is the longing of every human
heart. It is not easy to obtain or maintain. Cling to it with all your might.
Fight all that threatens it. Anyone who does not trust you with
freedom should not be trusted of given the privilege of leadership.
