Most people are uneducated fools. I included myself in this category – I had a 1980s state education. I am lucky I am functional. We know so little that we rely on others to inform us of what we need to know. To tell us what is true, what happened in the past, and what is the correct opinion to hold today. You rarely hear anyone say that they do not understand a topic or cannot comment on an issue due to not knowing enough. Opinions are like arseholes; everyone has one.
Most people who call themselves socialists have virtually no knowledge of this political movement. Except for the belief about sharing the wealth of a nation with everyone and feeling amazing about it. For the many, not the few! So why are so many socialists rich? Try to figure that one out. They do not know about the great evils committed by self-proclaimed socialists last century. Stalin. Mao. Pol Pot. Let us not forget that both Hitler and Mussolini were socialists – national socialists. Do not believe me? I have written articles on both men and explored their socialist views and aims.
I have explained in my book my theory of why socialism is still popular and will not go away, even though we have 100 million corpses to say it does not work. The compunction to help others less fortunate than ourselves comes from our history of living in small tribes, where nearly everyone was related and shared the same genes. We helped each other knowing the act would be returned if needed. We fostered social harmony because everything outside of the tribe wanted to kill us. What works on the micro-scale does not always work on the macro-scale.
In case you are not aware – racism is bad. I have checked this out and all the sources I found confirm this opinion. Racism is bad. But when it comes to specific racists, not all are bad. Again, I checked this out and the obvious hypocrisy is allowed under some EU directive, I presume.
Recently, we have removed or pulled down statues of individuals who owned slaves, made money from slavery, knew someone who had a slave, or once saw a slave from a distance. And when I say 'slave', I of course mean only black slaves from the trans-Atlantic trade. All other slaves have been rejected into the history of 'not worth knowing about'.
So, when will the outraged mob come for the socialist racists? "There are none!" - I hear Comrade Lenin shout. “Socialism is not about race. It is about being pink and fluffy”. Let us have a deeper look.
Karl Marx is credited with the founding of modern socialism. He published his famous The Communist Manifesto pamphlet in 1848. Later publishing his three volumes of Das Kapital, the last two volumes were edited and published after his death.
After the annexation of California by the United States from Mexico, Marx wrote: "Is it a misfortune that magnificent California was seized from the lazy Mexicans who did not know what to do with it?" This sounds a bit racist to me. Imagine if someone else said the same thing?
Marx was also not so pleasant when it came to the Jews. In 1844, he published an essay titled On The Jewish Question. He wrote that the religion of Jews was "huckstering" and that the Jew's God was "money". It all sounds a little bit like the ramblings of Hitler to me. Not surprising once you realise Hitler was a socialist. Marx also said: "The classes and the races, too weak to master the new conditions of life, must give way." Was he offering his Final Solution?
Friedrich Engels was Marx's partner in crime – socialism is a crime. He co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Marx and edited the last two volumes of Das Kapital. Engels sent a letter in 1887 to the daughter of Marx whose husband was standing for a council seat in a Paris district that contained a zoo. He wrote, referring to her husband: "Being in his quality as a nigger, a degree nearer to the rest of the animal kingdom than the rest of us, he is undoubtedly the most appropriate representative of that district." Once again, sounds a bit racist to me.
A superhero of the Left is the charismatic Che Guevara. He can be seen on millions of t-shirts, even I had one - a present from my mum. I also have two small Che pictures in my home as mementoes from my visit to Cuba. He wrote in his 1952 memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries: "The Negro is indolent and lazy and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent." He was also a massive homophobe, which is well documented.
Have I uncovered this lost information from a secret depository? No. Of course not. None of this is a secret. These individuals wrote about their views and put them into print for the world to read. They were happy with their views. The mystery is that we have decided not to discuss these obvious issues for they conflict with the image socialists are trying to portray today. Compassionate. Tolerant. Diverse. A lie with good PR is still a lie.
Let us start to hold the socialists to account for their reprehensible history, former leaders and current icons.
I should, but will not, organise a 'statue pulling down' event in Manchester city centre. Across the road from my flat is a statue of Friedrich Engels on First Street, opposite the trendy HOME theatre. If any statue deserves to be removed for crimes against humanity, then this man is in the top 3 contenders.
If Cecil Rhodes is a problem, then Engels is.
If Abraham Lincoln is a problem, then Engels is.
If Winston Churchill is a problem, then Engels is.
The real problem we face is our lack of education, lack of knowledge, and lack of desire to understand more.
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The luxury socialists not only are ignorant of the history of this philosophy, but have no interest in the crimes committed within it. As Jordan petersen once said; when presented with the murderous facts of socialism, they always claim 'that wasn't real socialism'.
Insufferable fools.
Common sense is so refreshing and, sadly, too rare, thank you for a reminder of historical truth, how it should be regarded and its lessons applied to the actions and reactions in rhe world today!