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1/21/13,
"The Collectivist Mind Game, Part 1: Demonizing the Non-Compliant," by Oleg Atbashian, American Thinker
"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....
In
Russia, the communists used to demonize their opponents long before the
Revolution, which made it easier for them to physically eliminate the
opposition later. As soon as they were in full control of the
government, they began to demonize entire segments of the society,
subcultures, and classes of people whom they deemed incapable of change.
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"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." via Lucianne
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Ed. note: Bright white patches behind part of this post were put there by an illegal hacker who long ago deemed me non-compliant.
In
Russia, the communists used to demonize their opponents long before the
Revolution, which made it easier for them to physically eliminate the
opposition later. As soon as they were in full control of the
government, they began to demonize entire segments of the society,
subcultures, and classes of people whom they deemed incapable of change.
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