Vladimir Lenin
"Corrupt the young, get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, destroy their ruggedness. Get control of all means of publicity and thereby: Get the peoples' mind off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays, and other trivialities. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance. Destroy the people's faith in their natural leaders by holding up the latter to ridicule, contempt and obloquy. Always preach true democracy but seize power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible. Encourage government extravagance, destroy its credit, produce fear with rising prices, inflation and general discontent. Foment unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorders and foster a soft and lenient attitude on the part of government towards such disorders. By specious argument cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues: honesty, sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word, ruggedness. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext, with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population defenseless." - Vladimir Lenin
The Communist Party took control of American back in the 1930's, after having done so with Russia. It wasn't even done gradually here in America, because the people here, were, and still are, very supportive of Communist platforms, agendas, and ideals, especially Christians, who love Communism, big government, and unquestioning conformity to their brand of tyranny. I don't think that the head of the Communist party here in America, Gus Hall, ever imagined how easy it would be to take over America. It was as though the American people were thankful that they had been finally relieved of ever having to think for themselves again, and to never be called upon to do so. There wasn't the slightest protest on the part of the American people; it was if a switch had been flipped, and all the people went into a hypnotized state, becoming unthinking, slobbering, toothless sheep.
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