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Category Archives: Communism
First They Came For The Anti-Semities
Comment: First they came for the anti-semites, but I didn’t speak out, because I’m not an anti-semite. Then they came for the racists, but I didn’t speak out, because I’m not a racist. Then they came for the Conservatives, but … Continue reading
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Bolshevism
Comment: Google is learning, too. Do a search for “Bolshevism” and marvel at what you’ll see in the featured “snippet box”, the “no. zero result.” Then, if you like conundrums, check some guides on how to get your page featured … Continue reading
A Republican Salutes A Communist
Ann Coulter tweets: “Republican U.S. senator writes moving tribute to a communist — something he’d NEVER do for Trump, GOP frontrunner.” Chaim Amalek: “I read this piece this morning and frankly I’m stumped. It reads like something his communist jailers … Continue reading
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The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservation by Jerry Z. Muller
From Amazon.com: “Why did some of the “best and brightest” of Weimar intellectuals advocate totalitarian solutions to the problems of liberal democratic, capitalist society? How did their “radical conservatism” contribute to the rise of National Socialism? What roles did they … Continue reading
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Did Indiscriminate Allied Bombing Of German Cities Lead To The Holocaust?
I’m watching episode four of the Netflix series Apocalypse: World War II and it suggests that mass Allied bombing of civilian targets in Germany in 1942 led to the Holocaust, but when I Google the topic, I can’t find an … Continue reading
The Destruction Of Europe Through Migration
MORE COMMENTS: * Ironically, the fall of the Berlin Wall, a quarter century ago, which precipitated the collapse of the eastern bloc, and the so-called ‘liberation’ of eastern Europe – including the former GDR, will, in the historic perspective price … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Nobody Remembers Immigration Religious Discrimination Against Soviet/Russian Gentiles
Who cares about goyim right? Steve Sailer writes: From the NYT: Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims From Entering U.S. Updated, 10:42 p.m. | Donald J. Trump called on Monday for the United States to bar all Muslims from entering … Continue reading
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Communists Developed The Idea Of American Exceptionalism
From Wikipedia: American exceptionalism is the theory that the United States is inherently different from other nations.[2] In this view, American exceptionalism stems from its emergence from the American Revolution, thereby becoming what political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset called “the … Continue reading
Israel As Atonement For The Holocaust
American Jewish historian Peter Novick writes in his book The Holocaust in American Life: …It’s not clear how the myth of Israel as the world’s atonement for complicity in the Holocaust developed… There has been an apparent slide from the … Continue reading
Jews & Germans
American Jewish historian Peter Novick writes in his book The Holocaust in American Life: Just as Jewish groups’ principled declarations against totalitarianism did not prevent them from seeking entry for Jews who had been Communists, so the Christian groups’ equally … Continue reading