In the Hour of the Wolf – A Time to Reevaluate

NOTICE: YOU REALLY NEED TO READ ALL THREE PARTS OF SERIES

Many of you know that “The Hour of the Wolf” is when I do my “best” thinking and writing, others will say its when I do my best stinking thinking and writing.

I'll let you be the judge for I am about to unleash the hell that only a pissed off Marine Gunny is capable of when all else fails not only in blog posts but on twitter as well.

BUT, first things first, with this post, I will no longer spend time defining words, idea, etc. within this or any other post. I will establish a separate page that will list terms and words used in my posts with their meanings and source, and YES there will be history and original sources.

Second, I am going to do something that I have never done, I am going to beg you to OPEN your minds, do as I do as a scientist, look at the facts, evaluate and if necessary reevaluate.

FINALLY, I am going to ask that IF you do not agree, which I'll admit a number of people won't, I want you to feel free to comment, but be fore warned; be prepared to defend it with facts and legitimate sources. IF you begin your comment “talking head” said, I will eat your lunch and then I will answer, but I will push you for the original sources. This will apply to all future and past posts.

Now that the housekeeping is out of the way, let's get down and dirty.

“Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.” ... Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Re-evaluation of current situation

For many years, I have ranted and raved that America has become more and more socialistic. I have quoted and documented the actual words from the Manifesto of the Communist Party (Manifesto), the Platform of the 1908, the Soros run Center for American Progress (CAP) and of course Boo Boo, our current POTUS.

In the process of doing RESEARCH for my various rants and writings I must admit that I have been forced to re-evaluate my conclusions.

America HAS NOT become a socialistic country.

Just as our Founding Fathers used various sources; the Bible, David Hume, John Locke, etc., to establish America; America has “done it its own way”. We went from a group of disorganized colonies under a monarchy to the United States of America united under the unique document called the Constitution.

Americans have always done it our own, quite unique way.

YES, were some mistakes made along the way: but being Americans, we corrected them in most cases without bloodshed. All of which were part of the learning curve.

Unfortunately over the many years, the American people and particularly politicians have forgotten that uniqueness which made America great and began to copy and adapt the movements that began taking place in Europe during the middle 1800's, BUT like everything which made America great, those wishing to bring about this change did it in the unique American way.

They took into consideration that most people would be repulsed by the idea of the use of violence to change the system. After all, the people of America were (are) basically peace loving and would use force only if all else failed, saw the violence in Europe (Revolutions of 1848 and the Commune of 1870) and memories of our own Civil War were still fresh in American's mind.

Even Marx in late 1870, warned the workers of Paris NOT to use violence to overthrow the French capitalistic government and would later say:

“One thing especially was proved by the Commune, viz., that “the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.”

Eventually those in America, who were seeking power, control, as well as change took heed of these words and turned to using crisis, propaganda and most importantly the ballot to began quietly and slowly using these guises to gain power.

The politicians took office, both locally and nationally, and began to pass laws and even allowed non-elected officials to enact regulations that would end up controlling aspects of American life.

Thus the establishment of what would become more acceptable, at the time, and falsely called “Big Government” but in reality should be called American Communism.

I can hear everybody, screaming now, “We are not communistic. We're a free country under a Constitution. We elect our leaders. We did not have a violent revolution that brought in a dictator, Etc.”

Part of these people's thinking is correct.

Yes, we do elect our our “leaders”.

True, we did not have a violent revolution that brought about a dictatorship. Although, under Boo Boo and the SCOTUS it appears that way.

Instead, Americans grew envious, greedy and sadly lazy and elected those on BOTH sides of the aisle who grew the size of government and made more people dependent on the government. A QUIET REVOLUTION, but a revolution nonetheless.

Does that mean we have not become communistic?

Are the American people really free or are we subject to whims of those in Washington who pass laws, or un-elected officials who issue regulations or the courts who interpret and in some cases misinterpret them. In other words, is Government controlling our lives?

“Si nescis unde venias, nescis quo adeas”

Socialism or Communism

“Yet, when it was written, we could not have called it a socialist (my emphasis) manifesto. By Socialists, in 1847, were understood, on the one hand the adherents of the various Utopian systems:...” (Fredrick Engels in the Preface of 1888 edition of the Manifesto of the Communist Party, which has served as a basis for the “modern” British, American and the late U.S.S.R publications of this infamous plan.)

Now, unless you do what a friend of mine did when we were discussing a mathematical equation and I showed him the equation in a reference book, he threw the book away and said, “it's wrong”; then there is no reason for you to keep reading, your mind is made up and I shouldn't confuse you with facts.

So, for those that are still with me, when I quote Marx or Engels and they say communist or communism I will ask you to remember Engels, preface and call it socialist or socialism.

Not to know what Communism is, is today simply intellectual laziness.

(Paraphrased from Sidney Webb)

Continued in.....In the Hour of the Wolf – A Time to Reevaluate With an Eye on History

In the Hour of the Wolf – A Time to Reevaluate With an Eye on History

“How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!”...Samuel Adams

As I continue my reevaluation of what for years of believing America has edged closer to socialism, let us admit to one important thing; when it comes to socialism and communism, no matter what the various talking heads say, it comes down to a case of some subtle differences in the basic underlying theory between the two and in the long run; it can be a case of semantics and no matter what name you call it, they are both an attack on America and freedom.

Also, lets remember that socialism and communism ARE not about the body politics, they are about economics

Or is it a case of newspeak: where Big Government is not as bad as socialism which is preferable to communism?

Or is it that a Progressive is better then a Liberal which is better then being a Socialist which in turn is far better then being a Communist.

However, as I'm about to show this newspeak has been used and still being used to bury the truth and not scare the citizens of our once great country.

How many hard working, patriotic Americans would be repulsed by candidate on both sides that claims to be communist and wants to put in place various laws, regulations and programs to control what is produced in factories or on the farm? Or, how these products get to the store shelf or eventually to your homes? Or maybe even what you eat or use? Or, that the government will take care of you from the day you're born till the day you die?

Yet, those same Americans will cry, “Where's the federal government?” when __________ (fill in your own outrage). 

Or, will say, “Congress ought to pass a law.” when ____________ (I'm sure everyone can find SOMETHING that they feel there should be a law against).

Historical Look and Meanings

Long before Obama was elected to transform America. 

Long before some people finally woke up and realized that America was being destroyed.

Long before the “talking heads” and uninformed Americans who's idea of communism are a couple of pages in the Manifesto.

Long before those either wish to put their own unique spin on the subject or to show how “smart” they are about socialism and communism; there was a battle going on in America between those who wanted to bring about change in America.

Fredrich Engels, Karl Marx's partner in crime, wrote in 1847 before the publication of the Manifesto, explaining “What is Communism”:

“Communism [Socialism] is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat.”[1]

American Socialism

Although the idea of Utopian socialism was present in the U.S. even before its founding, it wasn’t until the 1890's when the idea of scientific socialism really began to take hold in America.

The decade of the 1890's was an era of panic and financial depression and just as today, there were those who wanted to change America; those who believed in “not letting a good crisis go to waste”. (Note: And most people thought this idea was an invention of the Obama administration)

It was also during this crisis that American socialists began to prey on people's fear, envy and greed. They used this crisis and began to develop a federation of unions and political organizations. Sadly, for America, these socialists began to lay the foundations for American Communism.

It was also during this period that these foundations were “invading” American colleges, particularly Harvard, where Michael Medved's hero, W. E. B. DuBois and others established the American Fabian Society based on the principles and ideas of the established of the Fabian Society in England.[2]

America was also beginning to outgrow its Nationalism or it might be said, the idea Utopian socialism.

Out of the American socialist movement a number of people came to prominence, very much like Marx and Engels became prominent as leaders of world wide socialist movement.

It is these proud and unabashed socialists and their writings that I will turn to show the differences between socialism and communism and how eventually America put its unique spin on it and as usual did it the American way, thus establishing the wayto American Communism.

One such socialist was W.D.P. Bliss, considered the pioneer historian of the world socialist movement; who wrote A Handbook of Socialism in 1895, that not only summed up what socialism is and what it is not but also showed the division between the three major ideologies of socialism. 

“Socialism is the fixed principle, capable of infinite and changing variety of form, and only gradually to be applied, according to which the community should own the land and capital collectively and operate them co-operativity [sic] for the equitable good of all.”... Bliss

Now for those who want to argue that Bliss is wrong, after all most people's idea of socialism is what they hear on radio or television, let us look at what the Century Dictionary had to say:

“Socialism is any theory or system of social organisation [sic] which would abolish, entirely or in great part the individual effort and competition on which modern society rests, and substitute for it co-operative action; would introduce a more perfect and equal distribution of the products of labour [sic], and would make land and capital, as the instruments and means of production, the joint possession of the members of the community.”

And then there was what Victor L. Berger had to say in his article, American Socialism, published in the July, 9, 1898 edition of Social Democratic Herald:

“The definition of Socialism, as generally accepted now, is “the collective ownership of all the means of production and distribution.” This definition is about the same in all countries.”

Now, let's turn to what Socialism is not and once again I turn to Bliss.

Socialism is not Governmentalism [sic] or Paternalism

IF anyone has REALLY read the Manifesto or closely read the definitions of socialism above, you should notice the absence of one very important word that leads to the misconception of Socialism. NO WHERE does the word government appear.

For many of us, including myself, we were taught to believe that socialism meant a “nanny state”, it is NOT.

Nor is socialism an expansion of State activity.

“The state is not abolished, it dies off. The phrase of the 'socialist state' may thus be judged for its value as a slogan in temporary propaganda of socialism, for its scientific inefficiently.”...Engels

“Socialism is not turning things over to the State, to the municipality, or to government of any kind. By the derivation of the word from the Latin socius, an associate, by its history, by its use by Socialists themselves. Socialism is essentially fraternal, the very opposite of paternalism.”...Bliss

Finally and for better or worst, Fredrich Engels explained it this way:

“The first act in which the State really appears as the representative of society as a whole, namely, the seizure of the means of production in the name of society, is at the same time its last independent act as a State. Interference of the State in social relations gradually becomes superfluous in one department after another, and finally of itself ceases (goes to sleep). The place of government over persons is taken by administration of things and the management of productive processes,...”

Socialism is not the Regimentation of Society

Socialism is not meant to control a person's life, nor does it mean that the State should develop a fixed form of society, as outlined by Plato's oligarchy as defined in his idea of Utopia.

“It seems almost impossible to bring people to understand that the abstract word Socialism denotes, like radicalism, not an elaborate plan of society, but a principle of social action."...Sidney Webb

Webb continue on to point out that Socialism inevitably suffers if identified with any particular scheme, or even with the best vision we can yet form of collectivism itself and tells us:

“People become so much concerned with details, that they miss the principle." They cannot see the forest for the trees." [Editor's note: Is this not the American sheeple today, looking to blame the condition of America today on everyone or everything, yet failing to see the REAL cause. Basically, 'Not seeing the forest for the trees'?] The moment will never come when we can say, "Now Socialism is established," for Socialism is not a status but a life. Society is not to be run into it as a mould [sic]. Socialism is evolutionary, though the evolution may be a gradual and peaceful revolution.”

“True Socialism is as flexible in its system, as it is definite in its aim. Any system that would carry out its principle is Socialistic. This means that in different countries and under different conditions, Socialism would take very various forms.”...Bliss

“Socialism, therefore, cannot be identified with any one form of Socialism.”...Bliss

Socialism is not Co-operation

Socialism is not a workers paradise of co-operation between arbitrary groups of workers that has abolished competition.

In social science co-operation means the union of any group of persons, who agree on equitable principles for the purposes of joint purchase, production, distribution or consumption, based on their mutual benefit. This does not mean using government as a weapon to achieve the goals of joint purchase, production, distribution or here comes the key to the discussion of socialism and communism consumption.

Above all, socialism can be considered a union of the WHOLE of a community or society for the purpose of common ownership and management of land and/or capital.

Or as Hillary Clinton has said:

“We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.”

Socialism is not Anarchism

Just as there are differences between Republicans and Democrats, there are differences between the two schools of Anarchism.

Those who believed in individual sovereignty (Individual Anarchism) and those who believed that “all things belong to all provided that everyone contribute their fair share of labor...” or Anarchist Communism.

Both “schools” of Anarchism believe in the abolishment of the State.

The Anarchist Communist glorified the use of physical force and emphasized “the propaganda of the deed”, later to be known as the Bolsheviks, while the Individual Anarchist are not afraid to use violence, but they realize that their numbers were too small to successfully use force.

Socialism differed with both of these schools of thought. Socialists not only abhor the use of violence to achieve their goals, but believe in using the State. Socialists realized that “man is born into a society, a fact that man can not escape.” Thus they will use and work within society to gain freedom. (Remember: I am using their thoughts, their words, their philosophy.)

Socialism is not Communism

Many people will argue that difference between Socialism and Communism is a case of semantics, they mean the same and are equally bad. Yes, they are both bad for America.

Some will use the two words interchangeably.

While others will use Socialism instead of Communism in fear of not facing the truth.

Some will lump both words together as Communism or vice versa.

So, let's look at at the difference between the two. Again I will remind you that this is their philosophy and principles back before the newspeak began.

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

Or as Berger would say a few years later in 1898:

“Communism proposes the common ownership of the means of production, or, in some cases, the means of production and consumption. Socialism, on the contrary, asks only for the common ownership of the means of production, as made necessary by the modern development of the tool into the machine. Socialism leaves consumption, i.e., the selection and the enjoyment of the means of life to the free will and the taste of the individuals.”

Communism makes less use of existing government and in most cases overthrows existing governments as evident by attempted overthrow of the French government in 1870 and the Russian revolution of 1917, which I feel marked the beginning of what everyone now recognizes as Communism. The key point is that since 1917, Communism has not only meant violent overthrow of existing governments and morphed into central government control and a dictatorship and the lost of freedom. Again I must remind you, the readers, that Socialism and Communism are ECONOMICAL theories and principles.

Many will say that by the very definitions and philosophies of the writers above, America is more socialist then communist, but remember, America has through the years put its unique spin on these ideas and created American Communism.

“The goal of socialism is communism.”...Vladimir Lenin

Continued in....In the Hour of the Wolf – The Reevaluation - American Communism

Literature Cited and not linked

[1] Engels, Frederick, The Principles of Communism, Selected Works, Vol. 1 pages 81-97,      Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1969.


[2] Dobbs, Zygmund, Keynes at Harvard - Economic Deception as a Political Credo,

     Probe Research, inc; Rev. and enl. ed edition, 1969.

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!