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Socialist or National Socialist? Take Your Pick
Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Lew Rockwell.com
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008
Americans will decide next week whether the next president will be a socialist or a national socialist. Lest you think I exaggerate, consider McCain’ campaign theme of “country first” before everything else – your private life, your job, your children, your education, your marriage, everything. Ask yourself how this differs from the philosophy of German fascism, which preached “the common good comes before the private good” (see Paul Lensch, Three Years of World Revolution).
Or consider the fact that McCain supported the Wall Street Plutocrat Bailout Bill. A defining characteristic of fascism was that all profits were private, but losses were socialized. And oh yes, military imperialism (a.k.a., “national greatness conservatism”) and a dictatorial executive were also key features of European fascism. Recall that McCain promised that if elected (paraphrasing), “I will order the Secretary of the Treasury to by up all of the foreclosed mortgages.” Is that really a part of the delegated powers in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution?
Then there is Comrade Obama, who has announced that he wants to “change the world” by “spreading the wealth.” Didn’t Marx and Engels say the same thing in 1848? As is well known, Obama has long had a close association with ACORN, the far-left political organization that employed him as its legal counsel in Chicago. It is ACORN-style “community organizing” that Obama claims is his political forte and qualification for running for president. He boasts of having worked with ACORN to register tens of thousands of new voters and has defended the organization against all critics. It is safe to assume that there must be a congruence of interests between Obama and ACORN.
So the question becomes, what does ACORN (and by implication, Obama) stand for politically and philosophically? It so happens that I researched and wrote about ACORN over twenty years ago when I co-authored a book and numerous articles on the subject of “tax-funded politics,” i.e., the (illegal) granting of tax dollars to “nonprofit” organizations to fund political activities. ACORN was receiving single grants from the federal government in the half million dollar range as far back as the 1970s.
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And what was ACORN doing with your hard-earned tax dollars? According to the 1983 ACORN Members Handbook, “We will continue our fight until the American way is just one way, until we have shared the wealth . . . our freedom shall be based on the equality of the many . . .” Socialism, in other words.
The Handbook published a very communistic-sounding “Peoples’ Platform.” With regard to the energy industry, nationalization was recommended in order to “put people before profits,” one of the oldest of Marxist slogans. The Marxists never understood that in the free market the only way a business could earn profits was to serve its customers.
All of the public utilities should also be nationalized according to ACORN, so that the prices of electricity, natural gas, etc. could be determined politically according to “social considerations.” Nor would there be any discontinuation of service for nonpayment, said the ACORN Handbook, which begs the question, “why would anyone pay their bills under such a standard?”
Price controls would be the order of the day for industries that were not nationalized, and the “health care plank” of the “People’s Platform” called for socialized health care. All hospitals would be managed by “democratically elected community-based committees.” “Throw doctors and hospital administrators off the boards of directors, and replace them with a low and moderate income majority,” demands the People’s Platform. Can you think of a better way to totally destroy health care in America?
The housing industry would also be subjected to the ruinous policies of price controls and prohibitions of evictions of tenants who failed to pay their rent. Welfare indexed for inflation would be part of “the rights of workers” when out of work, as would a “guaranteed minimum family income.” Corporations would be required to have low-income rabble on their boards of directors to give “the people” a “voice.”
In short, ACORN has always advocated nothing short of the destruction of American capitalism and its replacement by the dumbest and most destructive forms of socialism. For years, it made millions for itself by “challenging” bank mergers and branch expansions, as allowed for by the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. In return for millions in donations and promises to make millions more in sub-prime loans to unqualified borrowers (i.e., “the people” referred to in “The Peoples’ Platform”), ACORN would withdraw its protests (usually administered by the Fed) and the banks would be permitted by the Fed to carry out their plans. ACORN worked diligently for three decades to force mortgage lenders, though this policy of legalized extortion, to make bad loans to unqualified borrowers. And their defenders, like Obama, claim that the Community Reinvestment Act and all of the “community organizations” that it empowered had nothing to do with the sub-prime crisis. It was all caused by “greed,” they tell us. Have we really become a nation of morons?
So here’s your choice on election day: McMussolini (as Ilana Mercer calls him) or ObaMarx. Take your pick. Or do the patriotic thing and stay home. Don’t vote. It only gives them a reason to claim that “the people have spoken” and that they have a “mandate” to ruin our country.
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October 29th, 2008 at 6:13 am
the patriotic thing is not to stay home and not vote, it is to cast your vote for chuck baldwin for prez !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-t7PmonBEA
goldieshouse.piczo.com
October 29th, 2008 at 7:22 am
NO, what you can do is vote in other parties to rep and justice. President whoever is not going to rule things but they may screw up a lot of things. So vote some republicans or libertarians into office.
October 29th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Yeah but not for him tho, HE wouldn’t put country first instead of his wife or family!!!!! Or the rich people!! He just wants to be a dictator to the middle class and the poor. He’s an Idiot and God will judge him!!!!!!
October 29th, 2008 at 7:33 am
They just may push us americans too far one of these days soon!! We may just have a revolution!
October 29th, 2008 at 7:35 am
I will obey the bible not man!! They will have to kill me before I will go along with their communism!!!!!!!!!!
October 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am
He should change his sign to “Israel First” McCain-Palin.
October 29th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Wow, an actual mention of Obama on PrisonPlanet… What’s up, Alex, Watson Bros.? You haven’t said a lot about this guy…
October 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am
at last someone agreed with me, that the both candidates are red as hell. Makes no difference who you vote for.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Without Checks and Balances what’s the point?
October 29th, 2008 at 11:12 am
We have a clear choice on Nov 4.
Facism or Communism
October 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Since all American Money comes from the US Public DEBT the whole thing is
rigged anyway. The auto workers get screwed no us debt money and Wall Street
(el fraudos) win they get the debt Money. It’s all rigged if your a “special” American
you get the Debt Money if not you get the Interest Payment……
October 29th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Wow , Obama is a commie now? A Marxist? You people are on drugs, crazy or just racist as all hell. I thought this was the prison planet and info wars site. About the NWO and roundtable stuff. 9/11 truth and all that.
The candidate who was against the Iraq war is now a “marxist”. If you are for community, against this evil war, and are for a counter to this crazy system of military expansion of the Anglo -American empire, you should vote Obama. How is he the same as the past? When has there been a liberal president of this country? I have seen how many republican presidents and 2 conservative Dems. I witnessed the republican revolution, it sucked.
By the way most of all “wealth” in this country is owned by 1 percent of the population.
The same oligarchial plutocratic orgainizations that compose the “NWO”. Rockefeller orgainizations, Rothschild banking appartus, Carlyle group, people like Henry KRavitz, etc.
If you are for the military neocon Junta that has been running this place, vote McCain. And then enjoy your escalated war and your super hyperinflation. xxoo
The big flaw in all this is that Zbrinski is one of Obama’s advisors. Spot the NWO elements in his clique.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
BBosin .. , the NWO elements in Obama’s campaign is the Co-Chairmen of the CFR, Joe Biden.
Soley Biden as VP select in my opinion made the determining factor BEFORE elections of Obama’s win as the next American President.
“Change” .. Obama monopolizing on this slogan because the American people are sick of the last republican scourge of a president and this never ending war. So how do the globalist/elitest make sure they remain in power of the people? use the smooth talking, every thing will be better sayin Obama and pair him up with a MAJOR warmonger/globalist who will run the show just like Cheney did to Bush.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Yea’ right – McCain is such a ‘Nazi’ he floods America with 3′rd world sewage & hires an eskimo babe as his runningmate – he’s so ‘racist’ – shame on McCain. WHere’s my rap CD? WHO WRITES THIS CRAP?!? I mean, I know in U.K. U R all a buncha’ fukin’ fags, but calling McCain a Nazi is patently absurd. This is just more ‘kill whitey’ bullsh*t from the nig-worshipping clowns – O-Bomb-A’s ‘useful idiots’, claiming McCain is somehow ‘equally bad’ compared 2 that neo-commie crack-snorting bisexual mongrel spawn of a pedophilic interracial athiest gang bang. Oh yea’ – he will B so good 4 America – whoa no McCain is so horrible – oh the horror.
U R all fuking insane.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
So, the moral is…
we’ve been fucked, we’re being fucked, we’re going to be fucked, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Big surprise here. Just so its’ known, BOTH of the new Puppidents McBama have Marxist advisors. And apparently either cantidate will work for ‘the firm’ since David Rockefeller has the final say on the presidency. Here’s the proof:
YOUR NEW PRESIDENT, ZBIG BROTHER
by Alan Stang
October 29, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
As I write, little more than a week remains before E-Day, on which most Americans will vote. Nerves are being fearfully wracked. Even people who are usually somnolent say they can’t take the stress. There is a real danger that, unaddressed, the frustration of choosing between a Communist illegal alien raised by a Communist sex pervert and a POW traitor who is a Soviet front man could lead to an epidemic of Acid Reflux Disease or even an outbreak of Restless Leg Syndrome.
Your next President has already been selected. Didn’t you know? Sure, go ahead and vote if you like, if you have nothing else to do, if you don’t mind standing in long lines between Obamatron morons and McCrud zombies, but enjoy the reassurance of knowing that the powers above Ponzi Paulson and Helicopter Ben Bernanke and Co. have already made their choice.
He is Zbigniew Brzezinski.
In 1970, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote a book entitled Between Two Ages: America’s Role in the Technetronic Era (New York, Viking Press). Let’s browse through it to find out what Zbigniew is. Zbig dedicates the book to Ian, Mark and Mika, his kids. A nice touch, don’t you think? He’s a family man. Starting on page 72 of my Penguin edition, he explains “why Marxism represents a further vital and creative stage in the maturing of man’s universal vision.”
Marxism is “a victory of reason over belief. . . . To a greater extent than any previous mode of political thinking, Marxism puts a premium on the systematic and rigorous examination of material reality and on guides to action derived from that examination.” In other words, Marxism is a better system than our own. Marxism examines material reality and recommends action better than does the U.S. Constitution.
Page 83: Marxism “represented a major advance in man’s ability to conceptualize his relationship to his world.” It carried “an essentially ethical message.” It “was derived from a totally rational method of inquiry.” P. 123: Marxism “provided a unique intellectual tool for understanding and harnessing the fundamental forces of our time. . . . [I]t supplied the best available insight into contemporary reality; it infused political action with strong ethical elements . . . .”
Zbig Brother even excuses Stalin’s purges and mass murders. Page 134ff: “Yet though Stalinism may have been a needless tragedy for both the Russian people and communism as an ideal, there is the intellectually tantalizing possibility that for the world at large it was, as we shall see, a blessing in disguise. . . .” What? Yes. You see, “the internal violence employed by Stalin . . . had a restraining effect on unbridled nationalism.”
But isn’t Zbig today fanatically opposed to the continuing Soviet Union? Yes, he is, but not because he opposes Marxism. As we have seen, he is a lifelong Marxist. He opposes the Soviets precisely because he loves Marxism so much. He believes the Communists have misused it. He believes that he, Zbigniew Brzezinski, could impose it correctly, the way old Karl himself would have done it.
>>> Enter David Rockefeller<<< . David is a confessed traitor, a conspirator who is working in a secret cabal to destroy the United States. What? David Rockefeller? How do we know that? In 2002, Random House, in New York, published his Memoirs. Remember, this is not someone accusing him of something. This is David Rockefeller himself talking on page 405:
For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as “internationalists” and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.
Because this sleazy extrusion of an unmarried female canine is a traitor – because he loves totalitarianism – he was naturally attracted to lifelong Marxist Zbigniew Brzezinski. Zbig became David’s prime minister. In 1973, under David’s direction, Zbig formed the Trilateral Commission, which is the foreign ministry of the Council on Foreign Relations, a preeminent founder of which was Marxist Edward M. House.
Both these groups work tirelessly to promote world government, which would mean the abolition of our own. Remember, the United States government and world government are mutually exclusive. You can’t have them both at the same time. If you are working for the latter, you are trying to destroy the former.
In 1976, Zbig and David literally interviewed dour peanut farmer Jimmy Carter at David’s Tarrytown estate. They liked what they heard and installed Democrat Jimmy as President of the United States. From the beginning, Jimmy was a Rockefeller factotum. Zbig Brother was his National Security Adviser. Jimmy came close to wrecking our economy. Okay, but what does all this have to do with the 2008 campaign?
In the 2000 campaign, Zbigniew Brzezinski, lifelong Marxist, was foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain, who said this: “I am honored that Zbigniew Brzezinski will join my foreign policy team. As a former national security adviser and a highly respected foreign policy expert, his broad experience makes him an invaluable asset to my team.” So Zbig went from Democrat Jimmy to Republican John. Remember that at the top – above the candidates – you have one party with two branches.
What about this year? This year, Zbig is back, running foreign policy for Hussein. Indeed, remember Mark, son of Zbig? Mark was one of the sons to whom Zbig dedicated Between Two Ages in 1970. Mark is all grown up now and shaving. Can you imagine? Mark is foreign policy adviser to Senator Hussein. So who is foreign policy adviser to Senator McCain this year? The envelope please! El Senador Juan McCain’s foreign policy adviser this year is Ian Brzezinski, the other Zbigniew son.
That is correct. Lifelong Marxist Zbigniew Brzezinski – David Rockefeller’s Prime Minister – controls both sides of the forthcoming charade through his sons. Again, you can relax. It really makes no difference who wins. The only difference will be a difference in style, a difference in personality, natural differences peculiar to us all. Remember, David Rockefeller admits, boasts, that he and his family exercise inordinate influence over the United States. This is how he does it.
Do you need to know anything more to understand that a literal conspiracy controls both main political parties, and that at the top – above the candidates – both parties are the same? What was that you said about “change?” Remember, Zbig ran foreign policy for McCain in the 2000 campaign. This year, Hussein is just as much a factotum of Goldman Sachs and other instrumentalities of world government as McCain.
Notice that our Communist media say nothing about this. They understand perfectly well that if they sass David Rockefeller they could lose their jobs. So they specialize in arguing about lesser fry. So, sure, vote next week, but do so with the assurance that it makes no difference; that the conspiracy for world government has already chosen our next President. He is Rockefeller prime minister and Marxist Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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My apologies for the longwinded article, but I shaved a few prattling paragraphs and sentences to save space.
October 29th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Wolverines!!
October 29th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
congradulations it took a nation of brainwashed idiots to defeat Ron Paul
October 29th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
So Zbigniew Brzezinski is a marxist? Is that why he so wanted to give the Soviets their own ‘Nam so that there would be an economic collapse?
October 29th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
1984, it appears to be that way. I’m sure Georgia, Chechnya, and Afghanistan were all setups, and their Afghani conflict was their nam. We were outfitting Bin Laden and his troops to repel the Russians back in the 70’s.
October 29th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
McKillem’ and O’bomb’em’all..both of these creatures from hell love: only DEATH!
…and maybe God will be gracious and take them both off the planet!
October 29th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
God is unbeatable when it comes to killings and deaths.
21. But if Zbig is a marxist then why would he want to communistic Soviet union to fail?
October 29th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
1984 – Zbig somehow percieves that Communism is the ‘dark side’ of Marxism, and ZBig thinks it will work if it is implemented correctly. That’s why McBama & O’Cain have selected Brezinski’s sons to be advisors to the new elect puppets. The Democrats and Repiblicans are both a derivitive spun out of the Rockefeller/ZBig alliance. That’s why we call them Republicrats
October 29th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
You’re seriously asking which is better? Fascism or communism? From a humanitarian standpoint (and hopefully we’re all looking at it from that vantage since we’re all human), the answer is communism, or even better in its original incarnation, Marxism. On the flip side, fascist states are far more efficient… but the reason why is because they kill all those they deem obsolete.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I am the father of your constitution
October 30th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Like we ever have great choices in the matter and then the votes are flipped through dubious means anyway via our great electronic malfeasance. All the bitching and moaning doesn’t do anything (ok I guess I am also doing it). We will still get stuck with some dumbshit who we have to put up with for another 4 or 8 years or God knows how long. Since when have we ever had a choice of quality without them being snuffed by one house or another? Why even waste your breath or your voice. We can continue this neverending complaining for twenty or forty or more years and until WE, the people do anything, nothing will change. Not even sure why I am wasting my time writing because I am just like the rest of the population who sits on their butts and will never do anything to get our country back. They keep me fat and happy on fast food and empty promises and let me have enough to just barely live on. What’s not to love? They spend 800 billion and another trillion for a war and their rich buddies and what exactly does that buy you and me? Not a damn thing except the bill. Someone has to pay for all of this. Who do you think it will be? I’m sure they will buy me a tent and feed me melamine laden food from China to get me by until I die in the Emergency room next to an illegal alien who, yah wants to work and make a living like we all do (no offense), but has no right to be here but all of a sudden it is ok and we are suppose to ignore it and pay their medical bills and pay for their kids to be here in our schools. Do I sound pissed? You haven’t heard a thing yet. The rich and the control freaks have pissed away this country, the bill of rights, the Constitution, and will continue to do so and I expect to be waterboarded for this post (since the supposed rules have been thrown out the window) but I guess I am being unpatriotic and don’t have a clue as to what this country is all about or what has been jammed into my head since grade school. Free country my ass. Go ahead and vote and see where it gets you. I’ll bet it’s the same place that we are now. I am excercising my supposed right to free speech by the way. Let’s all see how long THAT lasts. I am dissappointed in all of you as well as myself. This country has gone to hell and I really don’t care who gets into office because it is not only contrived and a lie, just as Dumya was, but really makes me wonder what the IQ of Americans is anymore. You won’t wake up until it is way too late and unfortunately I will have to listen to your bitching and moaning then as well. Please “get it” real soon before “it gets YOU” or the rest of us. Wake UP!!!! You haven’t a clue as to how bad this is going to get. My opinion.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Tell the Syrians to stop harboring terrorists and to convert to Christ
October 30th, 2008 at 6:10 am
We need to create a world where as long as you’re contributing to society, in any form, you get to live for free. Instead of working for useless paper. On my planet, as long as you’re contributing to society, you can have food, shelter & anything else you want/need. We also should do away with the word ‘minority’, legalize drugs, & nurture a society where money no longer exists. Why are we paying to live on a planet? Why is there so much red tape everywhere. I hope my family comes to pick me up soon & take me back to my home planet. Earth is a scary place.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Having the slogan “Country First” makes him a Nazi? Give me a break. Should his slogan be “UN First” instead?????
October 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
The title alone lets U know this is another bullsh*t ‘KILL WHITEY!’ brainwashing article. Oh yeah, McCain is so ‘nazi’ that he hires an eskimo babe as his running mate & floods his own state with Mexicans – uh huh – what a nazi – yawn.
I find it rather odd that a spic ‘DiLorenzo’ would mock a clown (McCain) who is flooding America with Mexicans. Perhaps this wetback ‘DiLorenzo’ thinks that O-Bomb-A will advance his ‘KILL WHITEY!’ agenda even faster?
“Wooo let’s call McCain a ‘nazi’ – that’ll get ‘em” – yawn
PrisonPlanet is turning into a joke – really. U used 2 have a much better site layout 2. Now you’re just a chaotic ripoff of Infowars web site. It used 2 B much BETTER organized. Change and IMPROVEMENT R 2 different things. Stick that in yer’ ‘O-Bomb-A pipe’ & smoke it, losers.
October 30th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
will know on tuesday who’s president or maybe not !i know that the bible prophecy has already said what will happen if people would open there eyes and see that that they can’t hold on to the things of this world any longer because there is no freedom we live in a prison society that if you follow mans law above God’s your a hero but if you realy seek the truth foe what its worth there are only two powers in this world your either with God and satan how do you find out who your master is?but to the president issue there is a true God and there is a false system of worship that is at war for your mind!!!!!!!!!!nwo mark of the beast wake up people before your blinded completely.
October 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
To you voters of Barrack Hussein Obama II, He is nothing but a { Wolfe in sheeps clothing }, if you believe in him then you are nuts,crazy etc. He is going to fool you into hen house and you won’t be able to get out. You will be his slave.
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 am
DONT VOTE!!!???????????????
I am really disgusted that you would put that at the end of your article.
By not voting you condone a system you dont agree with.
It only takes 5% of votes for a third party vote for funding in the next election.
If you never push the a third party there will never be one.
Shame on you