Dear Friends,
It seems to me, that the progressive idea, anyone who isn’t a communist is a fascist, is a simple worldview… for simpletons. It breaks the world into two factions, neither of which is true or even a close representative of mankind, but it is simple to understand. Everyone, in their minds, is a Marxist or Nazi, there’s no room for nuance in that position. That’s why ANTIFA is so powerful. They prey on the weak minded with their polemics and absurdities… to get them to commit atrocities. In such a dichotomy the weakest minds have the advantage. Because they aren’t burdened by knowledge, wisdom, or humanity… they are programmed. Brainwashed people never realize they are brainwashed, it’s part of the brainwashing… they believe with all their heart they thought it up.
Bonhoeffer said that stupidity is far more dangerous than evil… and believing that anyone who isn’t a communist is a fascist is as stupid as it gets. Because it ignores the 90% to define the 10%. That 10% are the same whether they ascribe to fascism or communism because they are two nuts from the same burr. Both are centrally planned systems empowering a plethora of bureaucrats to make all the decisions for the rest of the people. The only significant difference is the nationalistic flavor of fascism and the international taste of communism. They both are bigoted to their core. The targets of that bigotry may be different in times and places, but that just shows they are able to evolve. At their peak, card carrying Nazis in Germany were 10% of the population… the Bolsheviks way less.
The advantage of exploiting stupidity is that stupid people are plentiful and easily angered, making them willing to commit violence at the drop of a hat. Because they don’t know any better. A small cadre of stupid people manipulated into monsters can control a much larger population… by terror. The IRA exploited just such people to create chaos in Ireland, the Democrats exploited the same people to create the KKK, and Islamists thrive on the stupid. Even as the Red Fighters League, (ANTIFA’s forerunner) fought battles with the early Brown shirts in the streets outside the Hofbräuhaus in Munich, both sides were cut from the same cloth. Proved by the fact many members of the Red Fighters League became Nazis later. Because they both appealed to angry, disillusioned youths.
Simple mind viruses like, anyone who’s not a communist must be a fascist, appeal to the simple minded because they are so easy to understand and put the world into stark black and white. No critical thinking needed to grasp that. Crucial calories that can be sequestered in huge fat reserves for later. More importantly, simple jargon like “war is peace, freedom is slavery, social justice, women can have penises, diversity is strength, and Antifa doesn’t exist…” make the argument for the absurd appear self proving… making them circular arguments. Then again, a merry-go-round logic suits the simple minded violent. They become self-censoring lest they risk ostracism. This is like a distillery, distilling the most volatile from the syrup.
Once a faction has its followers believing in absurdity, like anyone who’s not a communist is a fascist, atrocity is at hand. Those stupid people then can do Cheka’s work… public spectacles of brutality. Acts that instill terror in anyone who would stand up to them. Once everyone is afraid of the stupidly violent, those that wield them have absolute power. Ask yourself, who benefits from that violence? The historic precedent is magnificent. The CCP, the Bolsheviks, the Nazis, Islamists, and now whoever runs ANTIFA. We know ANTIFA exists, not only due to history and their antics, but because the mockingbird media says they don’t. Dehumanizing simplicity leads to atrocities. Because power flows from simple phrases with circular logic… because it puts a gun in the hands of a usurper’s zealot.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
