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Category Archives: Communism
Closer to the Moon
The movie begins with this announcement: During World War II, the anti-Nazi resistance in Romania was mainly organized by the Communist party. A number of young Jews joined the cause, believing their freedom would come from the Soviet Union. The … Continue reading
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The Chosen People: A Study of Jewish Intelligence and Achievement by Richard Lynn
Richard Lynn: “Many studies have shown that crime is predominantly committed by the less intelligent. Probably the main reasons for this are that the more intelligent have a better understanding of the costs of crime, and since they generally have … Continue reading
The Only Time Dennis Prager Experienced Terror
On Oct. 31, 2014, Dennis got a call from Buck: “You speak Russian and you traveled several times to the Soviet Union. I was wondering if you were ever contacted by the FBI or the CIA or debriefed?” Dennis: “I … Continue reading
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Were Jews Stalin’s Willing Executioners?
Eugene Girin writes: Kevin MacDonald also demonstrates his utter ignorance of Soviet Jewish historical realities when he argues that ex-Jews like Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, and the thousands of Cheka operatives and Bolshevik party members retained their Jewish identity and “Eastern … Continue reading
Tribes Have A Different Relationship To The Nation State III
Tribes, be they black or Chinese or Jewish or Nicaraguan, have a different relationship to America. Sometimes tribes can be even more loyal to the nation than the majority population because they want to prove themselves good citizens. German Jews … Continue reading
The Pulling Down Of Pol Pot
Pol Pot‘s Khmer Rouge murdered about one in three of Cambodia’s citizens during the 1970s. A graduate of the Sorbonne, he’s often listed as one of the ten most evil people of the 20th Century. When you watch him interviewed … Continue reading
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The Tension Patterns Of Chairman Mao
Mao Zedong was the biggest murderer in history. He killed about 75 million of his own people. Mao did not move with elegance and ease and his Little Red Book contains no exhortations to free the neck so the head … Continue reading
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