B.O. 'Bama' - "when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody!"
Dizzy with success.
Stalin was the most pure communist. When faced with the options of admitting it won’t work and applying limitless force.... the rest is history.
B.O. 'Bama' - "when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody!"
“When government selects one or more law-abiding segments of the populace for demonization – whether they are called kulaks or bourgeoisie or businessmen or shopkeepers – it’s time to recognize the tell-tale signs of Stalinism, and react before it’s too late.”
Yup. The ‘you didn’t build that’ comment.
Being rebellious, that’s when I decided to start a small business -or two - when we move to our Harden’s Hollow.
...”The local communist party had full power to mete out life or death to political enemies; never forget that’s how socialism works… When opposition to the party gets you a potential death sentence, you’re much less likely to come out in public as an opponent. The order above isn’t mine; it’s the official order in which the Soviet government announced its implementation of Stalin’s order. Killing first, distant imprisonment second, and nearby enslavement only third. Communists do nothing without a purpose, even the order of such horrific punishment. What if the local communist band was more gentle than most, or had a pre-revolutionary or counter-revolutionary friendship with the intended victims? Giving the impression that murder was the default choice might make the difference in keeping a good communist from allowing personal affection to get in the way of proper revolutionary hatred. A large part of the consolidation of power under socialism is to separate the anti-communists from their communities as quickly as possible. Demonization is only effective if the audience doesn’t allow the anti-communist to argue their point; physical separation ensures that they can’t talk the sheep into questioning their revolution. By 1929, Soviet rule was a decade old, and an utter failure by any measure; the Stalinists knew they needed to quiet their opponents or people who started out as fans might be turned. Kill many opponents; send most of the rest far away, and only allow a very small remaining number to remain close by, hopefully working so hard and in such privation as to not be a threat. The Result
To put it mildly, by Stalin’s standards, dekulakization was a success. The policy announced on December 27, 1929 resulted in about two million known deportations to work camps in Siberia, the Urals, Kazakhstan, and northern Russia, and at least fifteen million dead. That’s the socialist way to eliminate political opposition, and don’t think it’s limited to Josef Stalin.”...
When we forget to teach history to our young, it will repeat itself for human nature really never changes. The time to stop these killers is when the familiar patterns are noticed in their governing. Sounds like Walter Durante was a helping hand in all this. Was he stupid or did he think he would share in Stalin’s ruling power?
“Please do not worry... Comrade Beria will follow you out to make sure you are safe.”