Shatun

Bush, the American Brezhnev.

With horror I watch American politics of last few years. This horror comes from knowing what is going to happen next. I know what is going to happen next because I have I have seen it before.

I have seen remarkably similar situation in the last few years of USSR. Parallels are so striking they send chills down my spine (and not up the leg, like some Americans).

Let me tell you a little bit about Brezhnev years of USSR.

Period of his reign was called “zastoy” (stagnation). Economy was stagnant, but it did not seem to be apparent to most. Corruption in Government reached never before seen levels, debt of USSR was skyrocketing, Brezhnev was taking in loans from any country that would give them. Country was broke but payments of foreign and military aid to “allies” were never missed or cut.

In general Soviet people felt happy and well. Standard of living was highest ever, everything around seemed to be stable and reliable to Soviet people. With an exception of (for the most part) distant war in Afghanistan everything seemed to be going well to an average Soviet. If, say, in mid 1980s you would stop average citizen of USSR on the street and told them that whole Soviet Union will cease to exist just few years later 99% of people would call you crazy so strong was the belief in the well being of USSR.

Then came the Gorbachev…. He came with a message of “perestroyka” (rebuilding, changing). Most people did not understand why changing anything was even necessary. Everything seemed to be more or less fine. Only people in charge of the country knew how unsustainable overall condition of USSR was. Gorbachev was trying to save the USSR and save the system that ran it. But it was too late.

I heard on the news recently that Gorbachev came out obscurity somewhere and said that Obama must do “perestroyka” in USA now. Something tells me he knows exactly what he is talking about and whom he is talking to. He is talking to an American Gorbachev.

Revolution took place and hardly anybody noticed. There was no bayonet charge on the palace of some sort, there was shooting. All that is done in revolutions that take place in uncivilized, backward countries. US is way above all that. American revolution took place quietly and calmly. It happened on several fronts and over time.

First front of revolution and probably the most important one was in public education system. Radical leftist professors in institutions of higher learning spread disease of socialism to their students which became teachers and in turn spread same disease to the minds of their students

What did you think when your child came home from school and told you that because you voted Republican all cute and cuddly animals of the world are going to die? I bet you though that it is just some activist teacher talking and your child will get over that propaganda soon enough. Instead millions of brainwashed students are coming out of public education system thinking that Conservatives are the people who do not take showers much and chew tobacco all the time.

What you heard from your child was the sounds of the American Revolution. Revolution in which entire generation was brainwashed and conditioned to accept Socialism. Now that this generation can vote it was their time to act. Like millions of Manchurian Candidates who heard the key command words they snapped to attention at the sound of “hope” and “change” and they marched in droves to the voting stations to bring in the new order to this country.

Once brainwashed minds of the people had to be kept in control after leaving educational system. This is where second front of the socialist revolution came in. Socialists took over mass media and fed the proper message into the minds of American people. Pesky voices of conservatives on talk radio got in the way at times but this annoyance will soon be squashed by Fairness Doctrine.

Socialist revolution could not take place in the country with strong Capitalist economy. It had to be destroyed. Socialists who made their way into US Government regulated entire industries out of existence. This, third, front of the revolution used weakness of the Capitalist system; it’s reliance on basic greed. Lenin said, “We will hang last Capitalist with the rope he sold us”. Entire industries were squised by Government regulations to the point where they had to flee and Socialist allies of communist China were more that ready to give them new home. Instead of standing their ground and fighting Socialists in the Government Capitalists found it easier and cheaper to just relocate out of US.

Industries that could not relocate were brought to the point of collapse at which point Government is now taking them over with “bailouts”

So what is the future of Conservatism and capitalism in US?

Capitalism will be replaced step by step with semi-Socialist European like system. Being unsustainable in the long term every part of it that fails will be taken over by State gradually turning entire economy into proper Socialist one.

Conservatism? It will still be there. Do you think there are no Conservatives in Europe, Britain and Canada? Sure there are but they are relegated to the status of tiny, irrelevant minority. At some point in the future as Socialism takes over more and more and no longer needs to play the pretend game of diversity of opinions in society  they may actually be declared dangerous minority and outlawed all together.