I agree. It was a liberating event, but our victory was absolutely squandered. 20 years later, and we’re living in an era that might reasonably be called The Totalitarian Moment.
If communism was defeated why isn’t china a free democratic
republic now? We have been infiltrated since the early thirties to the point where American political philosophy
has no meaning except in the hearts of a few who remember
it as it was.
It has gotten to the point that Marxists sit in the very
seat of power.
“I agree. It was a liberating event, but our victory was absolutely squandered. 20 years later, and we’re living in an era that might reasonably be called The Totalitarian Moment.”
I think this nails it. Communism (as a global, militaristic and agressively nationalistic force) WAS defeated — trounced, in fact. The West did the same thing to Islam in the First Crusade. But, just like the First Crusade, after victory, instead of going for the jugular the West just lost interest and went about it’s self indulgent way and allowed it’s enemies to transmogrify and grow. Just like we have seen the emergence of a resurgent Islam, Communism survived, bided it’s time and found other ways to plot their revenge and our demise. All that time and all that effort and all that money and all those lives — wasted. What our enemies could not defeat from without, they have patiently watched rot and have infliltrated from within.