You ever notice how these true-believer assholes keep hawking the same rancid fairy tale? “Just one more purge, one more cleansing, one more loyalty test, and paradise is right around the corner!” They’ve been peddling this shit for a hundred goddamn years. Every time the bodies stack up and the whole thing collapses into a…
Tag: Communism
The Revolution Nobody Requested
People argue about communism as if it were mainly an economic doctrine. This is like arguing about a computer virus as if it were mainly a disagreement about typography. In practice it is more useful to treat communism as a method of governance. The doctrine is the justification layer, a marketing wrapper that promises moral…
Resentment and Cruelty
Modern leftism, much like the communism of old, often presents itself not merely as a political movement but as a kind of secular religion. Its dogmas are professed with the fervor of the deeply devout, and its heretics are persecuted with a zeal that rivals that of any inquisitor. However, beneath the surface of this…
Tax the Rich
Here’s something that’s been on my mind. You know how when you’re young, you’ve got all this energy and enthusiasm, like a brand new Duracell battery right out of the pack? Well, there are some folks out there, big corporations, government bodies, sneaky intelligence agencies, who look at that energy and think, “Hmm, how can…
Strange New Loyalty Tests
Norman Vincent Peale once said, “Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being ‘silly.’ But the word ‘silly’ comes from the old English word ‘selig,’ and its literal definition is ‘to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous.’” Now, you’d think being silly in the face of totalitarianism is quite the daft…