In the Hour of the Wolf – The Reevaluation - American Communism

"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."... Ronald Reagan

Unlike many people, when I enter into a project, whether it be scientific or blogging I do so with a fairly open mind. I am human (some wouldn't believe it) after all and as I said in the beginning of this series, I have been forced to reevaluate by ideas on whether American has become a socialist country or have we become more communistic.

The more I researched the history, principles and theories of socialism and communism, I can say that socialism and communism are like beauty, its in the eye of the beholder. Whether you believe that socialism and communism are the same thing or that they are two distinct economical ideas and systems, the one thing every sane, thinking person should realize, NEITHER ONE IS GOOD FOR FREEDOM and NEITHER ONE WORKS.

Realizing this doesn't seem to stop people from seeking power and control from attempting to do it “their way”, trying to prove history and commonsense wrong.

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ...Lord Acton

When Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels published the Manifesto of the Communist Party, they basically forgot or didn't even to take into account one very important factor, human nature.

It is this very human nature, the quest for power that has lead to, what I believe a vast misunderstanding of socialism and communism and in turn has lead to American communism by the use of lies and propaganda to prey on people's basic instincts, envy, greed and laziness.

When a people follow their basic instincts, they fail to see the insidious nature of American communism, the destruction of freedom and putting people into slavery.

As Victor Berger said back in 1898:

“Such “knownothingness” is not surprising, because Socialism has been misrepresented
and maligned by press, pulpit, and politicians so long that even some so-called Socialists who did not study the subject have rather vague and misleading conceptions about it.”

Just as in 1898, the same is true today.

There are many if not all who say socialism consists of central planning by the government that puts into place a number of ideas from either the Manifesto or their own beliefs.

I need to remind people, NO where in the Manifesto is GOVERNMENT mentioned. For those that say, you can't have a society without a government, with human nature that's true.

People need to remember that the root of society and hence socialism is socius which means sharing, joining in, partaking, united, associated, kindred, allied. 

Sadly, there are just as many who believe that without revolution leading to a change in government communism cannot be put in place. Evidently these people haven’t heard of a quiet revolution. This is the same type of quiet revolution that has changed the traditions of America. Today we refer to this type of revolution as a “Velvet Revolution”.

That revolution that has taken place in America over the past hundred plus years and sadly the “knownothings” then and now didn't see it coming or chose to ignore it.

Big Government or American Communism

When you mention Big Government, a majority of people think about the number of departments and people working within the government. Politicians of both stripes campaign on either growing or shrinking the size of government BUT few to none ever mention the scope or reach of government. In others words big government control.

Most of early socialists agreed that Socialism is:

“...the collective ownership of all means of production and distribution”. 

While they also agreed that Communism proposes:

“the common ownership of production or in some cases production and consumption”.

Or as Bliss said,

“Socialism puts its emphasis on production and distribution; Communism on life in common.”

Is this not what has been going on here America? Have our elected officials, whether on local, state or federal level used any “crisis” to gain more power and control by passing laws or regulations that in one way or another controls the various aspects of production and consumption therefore basically controlling American's lives?

“The closest thing to immortality in this life is a government program.”...Ronald Reagan 

Production

When most people hear “common ownership” they think, quite naturally, that everyone possesses the means of production.

Remember to own something also means to have power or mastery over.

Who supposedly owns the government?

For better or worst, the American people do. Therefore, the American people have power or mastery over the means of production. This power is transferred to politicians when the American people elect and reelect them at all levels who use this power to work to institute American communism or in other words, worked to increase their power thus more power to the government.

For those who care to argue, just look back at history, how many times did politicians of all stripes didn't let a “good crisis go to waste” and used their power to enact various government programs that to added more central control of everything from farming to manufacturing.

Does the federal minimum wage law not control production by forcing the means of production to do more with less people and charge more?

Do the various EPA regulations, thus the government, not control means of production of electricity, industry and even farms?

Do government regulations and laws control the means of production of FOOD by paying farmers not to grow or to grow certain crops?

Do government regulations control the means of production of automobiles by imposing mileage and emission requirements on cars and trucks?

Does a 1901 law passed by congress, which allows the president to put PUBLIC land off limits for exploration and drilling for natural gas and oil, not constitute government control the means of production?

Anyone with a brain and an open mind should see that the answer to these questions is a resounding YES. 

Every citizen should ask where in the Constitution are any of these and many other government controls allowed? 

For the lazy, I'll save you the time and effort, ITS NOT! But it is in the 10 planks as outline in the Manifesto and also in the Socialist Party platform of 1908.

Consumption

Some will automatically think that when I say consumption it meaning eating or drinking, but remember consumption also means using something.

Now, take a look at the list above and ask yourself, “Do these government controls on production effect how much I pay for and thus use various products and services?”

Can you buy an incandescent light bulb? NO! Why, because central government says you can't, thus making you use (consume) light bulbs containing a hazardous material or purchasing more expensive light bulbs.

Has gas prices gone up from an average of $1.80 a gallon before the current regime took office to over $2.00 a gallon now?

Can we get petroleum from Canada for consumption in America and if needed for export.

For those who smoke cigarettes, including myself, has the TAXES imposed on a legal product made the price rise, thus the government is controlling our consumption.

Are you going to pay more for electricity because of EPA regulations, thus government control? Is this not government control of consumption of electricity.

Has not Obamacare and Medicaid not effected your consumption of healthcare by raising prices?

American Communism

America has not become communist like the old Soviet Union did under Lenin in 1917, which is what everyone thinks of when the word “communism” is mention.

Nor has America become communistic under a brutal dictator like present day North Korea.

BUT America has become communistic by as Victor Berger said in 1898 when writing about American Socialism:

“To accomplish this we want to make use of our political liberty and take possession of the public powers.”

Is this not exactly what has happened? Haven't people elected and reelected politicians who over the years and allowed corruption and in turn basically destroy the real meaning of the Constitution, particularly the “General welfare clause” using it for everything from helping those less fortunate, to saving the environment and of course the ever popular, “we have do it for the children”.

Whatever catch phrase a politician uses it amounts to one thing. GOVERNMENT CONTROL of your life.

How many times have you heard, “The administration hasn't done anything to help ________(fill in the blank).”

People have forgotten that the federal government was not established to be good or bad.

Our federal government WAS NOT designed to control production or tell the American people what they can or should consume.

BUT AMERICAN COMMUNISM IS!