Oleg Atbashian, a writer and graphic artist from the former USSR, is the author of Shakedown Socialism, of which David Horowitz said, "I hope everyone reads this book." In 1994 he moved to the U.S. with the hope of living in a country ruled by reason and common sense, appreciative of its freedoms and prosperity.
To his dismay, he discovered a nation deeply infected by the leftist disease of "progressivism" that was arresting true societal progress. American movies, TV, and news media reminded him of his former occupation as a visual propaganda artist for the Communist Party -- a job he reluctantly held, as he knew that no intelligent person would take such art-by-numbers agitprop seriously.
Oleg is the creator of a satirical website ThePeoplesCube.com, which Rush Limbaugh described on his show as "a Stalinist version of The Onion." His graphic work frequently appears in the American Thinker (and The New Counter-Culture!)
Long story short: This man knows of what he writes and his 3-part examination of Leftist techniques is must-read information.
Part 1: Demonizing the Non-Compliant
In a society shaped by the government's mind games of manipulative illusions, a dissenter sticks out like a sore thumb. Once the resistance has been demonized, its members will be quickly identified and denounced by the compliant citizenry, labeled as the enemy, and be dealt with by law enforcement.
In the end, the self-preservation of modern-day totalitarianism is ensured, not so much by the secret police with its army of snitches and brutal enforcers, as by modern technologies of psychological manipulation through the media, education, and entertainment.Part 2: Demonizing the Opposition
Most modern-day leftists in Western countries have abandoned the idea of a violent revolution, having replaced it with "the long march through the institutions" as part of the culture war to transform the society through cultural hegemony. Instead of commanding firing squads, they play mind games of manipulative illusions, in which the demonization of dissent plays a crucial role. The basic premise hasn't changed: as much as the statists want you to love them, they want you to hate their opponents even more.Part 3: Demonizing Human Nature
From the economy to crime prevention to education to foreign relations, America's policies today are based on the Marxist premise that crime results from poverty, economic crisis results from greed, injustice results from capitalist exploitation, corruption results from the free markets, and militant Islamism results from Western colonialism. Therefore, peace and harmony can only be achieved through equal redistribution of wealth, appeasement, and a global effort to reshape human nature through politically correct, collectivist indoctrination.
Predictably, a faulty premise leads to a faulty outcome: the economy is stumbling, education is failing, corruption is spreading, crime is rising, and militant Islamism is gaining more ground. Instead of creating the New Man, the suppression and demonization of natural human traits breeds moral and intellectual freaks. Where normalcy is outlawed, abnormalities flourish.
The most damaging outcome of this fallacy, however, is also the least visible -- and thus rarely mentioned: the government effort to demonize our individual thoughts, impulses, and human nature itself can only result in the eventual dehumanization of our society, turning independent American citizens into mindless statistical units, spiritless cogs in the machine, and powerless subjects of the state, ripe for abuse by any sociopathic government official with dictatorial tendencies.
"From the age of Big Brother, from the age of the Thought Police, from a dead man...greetings."
I agree with Oleg Atbashia's comments above, but believe that America is basically changing due to one man's effort and national platform. Our sitting President is the one who is changing the U.S. to cultural Marxism. If we had a typical liberal president like, Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton, the cultural Marxism concept would take years to develop and to be accepted by the masses.
ReplyDeleteHowever having a President who already holds to those beliefs and sitting in one of the most powerful positions in the world gives him the perfect setting to change things and to financially support his causes. My question is where are the Republicans and why aren't they resisting him? We are providing money and weapons to Egypt and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood who killed and are killing Coptic Christians. Are the Republicans alive and well or are they asleep and just worried about obtaining enough money and support to win their next election?
Maybe the cultural change and liberal ideology is "a wake up call for Conservatives and Christians". If we don't pray as concerned citizens and seek God's intervention, America will soon be the number two (2) economic and military power behind China. We will also eventually be influenced by Muslims and have certain areas of America controlled by Sharia Law.
Great Britain was once the most powerful nation in the world and they have lost their power and influence and the U.S. will be heading down the same path if things don't change soon.