Cultural Marxists On Parade


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All or nothing, Michael, including the above.

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On the 17th of June 1953 East Germans rose up against their Communist oppressors and rioted in the streets. In response, the Writers Union, in effect a propaganda organ of the East German government, distributed leaflets proclaiming, not that the government had forfeited the confidence of the people, but rather that “the people had forfeited the confidence of the government.” And the people might win back the government’s confidence by “redoubling their efforts.”

The quotes are from Bertolt Brecht’s description in a free verse poem he wrote at the time titled “Die Lösung” – “The Solution.” The poem ends with a wry remark that mocked the rôle reversal of people and government:

“Would it not be easier ... for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?”

Since the early part of the 20th century Marxists have used persuasion and deceit trying to turn America into a socialist state, with some success. The complete overthrow of America, though, proved elusive. Since 1968 they have been using a surer method: import ready-made socialists.

Dissolving the people and electing another, displacing the historic American people with one more to a leftist’s liking.
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From the end paragraphs of Cultural Marxists On Parade on ARI Watch:

I have no opinion of “Leave It to Beaver” and the other shows the disgusting Tim Wise sneers at, but growing up I enjoyed the Shirley Temple movies on TV. It was a sad moment at the supermarket, and sad to think of such as her being replaced by, to be objective, those having a far different standard of physical beauty than mine, and an average IQ below average, if you get my drift. Two extremes: beauty and genius on the one hand, ugliness and for the most part stupidity displacing it.

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“. . . having a far different standard of physical beauty, and an average IQ below average . . . .” would not be an objectionable statement since it is true, but the phrase “if you get my drift” is relying upon a world view similar to the author’s for a correct inference. Is he talking about Progressive, Marxist Culture and young celebrities gone wild, black people and a hip hop debasing of culture and values, or tattoos and body piercing? Those are just three world views I can conjure up in a negative, mood indigo.

Every generation dislikes change for the worse, which is why I think my three versions are true no matter what the author of the quote meant. We should be focusing on Western values, the Constitution, decent art, music, movies and games. I worry about the monotonous, stupid influence from rap music, and I find it hard to believe it is still around and popular. I worry about the violent video games around now. I am appalled that they continue to remake fairly recent movies in 3D, like “300.” What’s the point? Can’t they think of anything new? And above all else we need a “cultural revolution” in our nation’s schools.

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All or nothing, Michael, including the above.

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On the 17th of June 1953 East Germans rose up against their Communist oppressors and rioted in the streets. In response, the Writers Union, in effect a propaganda organ of the East German government, distributed leaflets proclaiming, not that the government had forfeited the confidence of the people, but rather that “the people had forfeited the confidence of the government.” And the people might win back the government’s confidence by “redoubling their efforts.”

The quotes are from Bertolt Brecht’s description in a free verse poem he wrote at the time titled “Die Lösung” – “The Solution.” The poem ends with a wry remark that mocked the rôle reversal of people and government:

“Would it not be easier ... for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?”

Since the early part of the 20th century Marxists have used persuasion and deceit trying to turn America into a socialist state, with some success. The complete overthrow of America, though, proved elusive. Since 1968 they have been using a surer method: import ready-made socialists.

Dissolving the people and electing another, displacing the historic American people with one more to a leftist’s liking.

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Continued at

Cultural Marxists On Parade

on ARI Watch.

I'm afraid I've searched the article in vain for a working definition of 'cultural Marxist'.

I do know the obvious one, however: certain people claim to be 'Marxist', which can be verified by comparing their utterances to what you, as a normal, intelligent person, understands Marxism to be. They then apply said Marxist concepts to issues of culture.

To this end, most socialists are not only not Marxist, they violently disagree with his theories much in the same way that Randites denounce the Republican party and Libertarianism, too.

Although it's easy to disagree with both of them (as I do!), their political behavior and ideology is quite different.

Even within the context of Marx, there are huge differences. One, in fact, is that which the author blundered into himself. Brecht claimed Marxism for himself, and likewise denounced the Stalinist state as as anti-Marxist as you could find.

Now this is not a trivial point by any means: Sidney Hook wrote the same thing in a cute article entitled 'Marx from heaven', or something like that. Hook, btw, was the guy who gave Peikhoff his PhD at Dust Bunny U.

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"You have been placed on moderator queue. This means that all content you submit will need to be approved by a moderator before it will be shown."

All or nothing, Michael, including the above.

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On the 17th of June 1953 East Germans rose up against their Communist oppressors and rioted in the streets. In response, the Writers Union, in effect a propaganda organ of the East German government, distributed leaflets proclaiming, not that the government had forfeited the confidence of the people, but rather that “the people had forfeited the confidence of the government.” And the people might win back the government’s confidence by “redoubling their efforts.”

The quotes are from Bertolt Brecht’s description in a free verse poem he wrote at the time titled “Die Lösung” – “The Solution.” The poem ends with a wry remark that mocked the rôle reversal of people and government:

“Would it not be easier ... for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?”

Since the early part of the 20th century Marxists have used persuasion and deceit trying to turn America into a socialist state, with some success. The complete overthrow of America, though, proved elusive. Since 1968 they have been using a surer method: import ready-made socialists.

Dissolving the people and electing another, displacing the historic American people with one more to a leftist’s liking.

...

Continued at

Cultural Marxists On Parade

on ARI Watch.

I'm afraid I've searched the article in vain for a working definition of 'cultural Marxist'.

I do know the obvious one, however: certain people claim to be 'Marxist', which can be verified by comparing their utterances to what you, as a normal, intelligent person, understands Marxism to be. They then apply said Marxist concepts to issues of culture.

To this end, most socialists are not only not Marxist, they violently disagree with his theories much in the same way that Randites denounce the Republican party and Libertarianism, too.

Although it's easy to disagree with both of them (as I do!), their political behavior and ideology is quite different.

Even within the context of Marx, there are huge differences. One, in fact, is that which the author blundered into himself. Brecht claimed Marxism for himself, and likewise denounced the Stalinist state as as anti-Marxist as you could find.

Now this is not a trivial point by any means: Sidney Hook wrote the same thing in a cute article entitled 'Marx from heaven', or something like that. Hook, btw, was the guy who gave Peikhoff his PhD at Dust Bunny U.

EM

Just question begging after question begging:

Although it's easy to disagree with both of them (as I do!), their political behavior and ideology is quite different.

Of course the obligatory use of some form of "obvious:"

I do know the obvious one

This fallacy is interesting.

First, she criticises the poster for not defining 'cultural Marxist'.

She then proceeds to blithely use all of the code words in this one paragraph without defining any of them!

To this end, most socialists are not only not Marxist, they violently disagree with his theories much in the same way that Randites denounce the Republican party and Libertarianism, too.

Just poor reasoning when you attack a person for X and then immediately do X and pretty sure she is never going to get called on it because she is "right."

Finally, how many is in a "most." Got any stats combat boots?

Isn't contebnt analysis fun!

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Michael still doesnt care for yours truly. Isn't that sad, LOL. Again all or nothing, Mike, thanks.

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Eva made me rethink the confusing title. Also, I became uncomfortable with the word "parade" after I put it up. (The cheerful song about teddy bears gets in the way. Da dumty dumty da dumpty dump -- I trust that is sufficiently clear!) I'll change the title to "Immigration Enthusiasts."

Yes, I need to say more about cultural Marxism. The rubric is as vague as neoconservatism, a constellation of ideas rather than an integrated system. It's associated with the Frankfurt School. They're Marxists who saw that Marxism wasn't getting anywhere with the Western "proletariat" so they abandoned the economic part and focused on undermining Western institutions and culture by inculcating pathological self-criticism. It's an act of destruction. They moved to the U.S.

There's an easy to read history at "Marxists Internet Archive" that's consistent with what I've read in more analytical articles. I don't know who put it up or what their agenda is:
www.marxists.org/subject/frankfurt-school

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The following reminisces are inspired from, “Goddess of the Market,” and rehash some of my earlier musings which one OL contributor termed idiotic or racists, so I will put it here. Many scientists disagree with Rand is with her sense of species wide egalitarianism, attributed to “volition.” She tried to convince Rothbard of this mental egalitarianism, by telling him, “I could be just as good in music as in economics if I applied myself.” Rand insisted all men had “similar rational endowments.” Rothbard did not buy that non-scientific observation, nor do I. IQ is real and may increase the volitional choices available.

An earlier Rand gave credence to the Evolutionary justification for Capitalism. She had a sense of a “deep seated elitism.” She believed all men were NOT created equal, and included negroes in a lesser group, though she later changed her early rights theory to the Constitutionally stated, “All men are created equal . . . .” But her earlier direct observations, led her to see differences in intellect, and to record those differences.

Later in life, a more mature Ayn Rand was trying to develop a unified philosophy free from Nietzschean influences but went too far towards what cannot be scientifically verified. She went from “superman” to “passive, versus active man” to “equally volitional and egalitarian” in her mature writing as she attempted to write a “book for the centuries.”

Evolutionary Biologists and Psychologists kind of beat around the bush, but security personnel and scientists DO agree with racial profiling. Ask any cop on any beat. Blacks commit a disproportionate number of crimes as an ethnic group in America. Arabs commit more hijackings. Fat men need less scrutiny at an airport. South Africa is “the rape capital of the world.” Is there a racist factor in this African observation? I can’t say which scientists are allowing prejudice to influence their scientific observations but a common comparison for them to say is that the Bushmen of South Africa are the most different and “least violent” of the different African racial/ethic groups. Other African blacks are very violent.

If you watch any “black movies” you will know the level of violence is incredible, which is not unlike regular, generic “blockbusters” but in “black movies” the violence is more within a family or a neighborhood rather than international or in cowboy shoot-um-ups. This is in sync with the amount of violence in black families and neighborhoods, and in their ethnic music.

The movie, “Barbershop” is hailed by black people, as SO TRUE TO LIFE. In that movie, everyone threatens violence, commits violence, or has violence committed against them. I candidly spoke to a person of that ethnic persuasion and they thought nothing of the constant unremitting, violence. When I pressed them about it, they thought that it did COMICALLY reflect their life, but that they never thought of it as SO violent before. It was just their life.

Did George Zimmerman stake out his own neighborhood and then notice a young, black individual in a hoodie and did that make him suspicious? Sure. Wouldn’t you be suspicious? Even Jesse Jackson admitted that black youths walking behind him on a dark city street would scare the crap out of him. White youths, he would notice but he would not be as worried.

If the Zimmerman case had been a black on black crime it would not have gotten one minute on the national news. The weekend after the beginning of the trial there were 40 shoot outs in Chicago and 9 deaths. In the week before there were thirty some shoot outs in Baltimore and 14 deaths. Blacks men are killing each other across the country and that isn’t news to CBS.

George H. Smith wrote during the Zimmerman trial:

If Martin had not approached Zimmerman, sucker punched him, and then beat him while on the ground, then he would still be alive. Zimmerman was with his neighborhood watch program, and Martin drew his attention because he was walking late at night close to houses rather than taking a sidewalk. Zimmerman had every right to be concerned (in a neighborhood that had been experiencing a lot of burglaries), and he did nothing wrong in trailing Martin from a distance. I live across the street from a mini-mart, and it's common for teens to cut through my driveway and backyard rather than go half a block to a sidewalk. And they walk very close to my house on their way. When this happens late at night it can make me nervous. I will sometimes look out the window, but if the teens keep walking there is no problem. That's what Martin should have done.

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Life is GENERALLY more pleasant, and less violent for the races and ethnicities other than black. Ask, the city dwellers who stay as white minorities with black majorities that move into their old Jewish or Polish neighborhoods. They are harassed, and lately old white folks have been sucker punched. So which was worse, the punch or the fall, Grandma? As always when discussing race, I must end this letter by saying, “Always judge men by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.” Objectivism is contextual and scientific – but don’t be stupid.

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"You have been placed on moderator queue. This means that all content you submit will need to be approved by a moderator before it will be shown."

Michael still doesnt care for yours truly. Isn't that sad, LOL. Again all or nothing, Mike, thanks.

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Mark,

I just now saw this (and a post that was nothing more than a one-liner complaining about the same).

The kerfuffle has passed and I was going to release the posting restriction when I approved the article, but I got distracted.

So I did it now. You don't have any more restrictions.

btw - I deleted the one-liner post.

Michael

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. . . the phrase “if you get my drift” is relying upon a world view similar to the author’s ...

The words "if you get my drift" appeared after "average IQ below average." It was just a way of saying that though it sounded odd it made sense. (The first average refers to the immigrants, the second to everybody in the U.S., or what used to be everybody.) But it’s obvious now that the words obscured rather than clarified, I deleted them. Thanks for pointing out the problem.

In this article, re-titled "Immigration Enthusiasts," I wanted to concentrate on what is incontestable: that Third World immigration is a political disaster, and that about it the people at ARI are barefaced liars. To prove the second point I quoted Yaron Brook, and last night added quotes from yet another Binswanger immigration article I discovered. (I mention this in case you read the ARI Watch article before last night.)

About Peikoff: He had been pro open borders for years, then around the second Obama election became very strongly against it (Hispanic anyway). He invited Yaron Brook to discuss the issue on a podcast, and eventually caved in: passively, that is he didn’t agree with Brook, just said he isn’t sure, maybe Brook is right, he respects Brook, etc. Sooner or later I’ll update the article and quote him. I got tired of transcribing, which is very unpleasant work to do exactly, and just indicated what he said rather than quoting.

When Peikoff retires it looks like official objectivism (ARI) will be totally controlled by the glibest of liars. I’m trying not to use the word psychopath but it may well fit. Yaron Brook's lies have become so transparent it’s hardly necessary to point them out.

Question: Is immigration mentioned in The DIM Hypothesis? (I haven't read the book.)

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