American Communism
- by Erik Fortman -
(Posted here by Wes Penre for
Illuminati News, July 8,
2004)
Karl
Marx was very poetic, and very incorrect. Marx, in essence, believed the
cause of most war and strife was class conflict. This is true. Marx went on
to give ten basic tenets that, if implemented, would destroy caste systems.
This would in turn make the need for chaos, and even politics, defunct. In
reality, the world's structure has always been under a more-or-less
communistic form. This has led to dynastical hierarchies. America is
presently a mildly Communist State.
Is our 'Democracy' actually a
Communist government? For that, we will have to look to the very writings of
Karl
Mark
in his "Communist Manifesto." Many American boys have died in foreign lands
to stave off the onslaught of the Red Armies. On the other hand, many of our
leaders gave the Soviets and China their credibility. The fact is, the
Dulles Brothers, Alger Hiss, even Eisenhower helped march us to the
threshold of true Communism.
Let us not become emotional. It is
simply a matter of taking the platforms of Communism and comparing them to
the American counterpart. What does define Communism, if it can be summed
up? G. Edward Griffin was
one of the first to call the United Nations a
Communist stronghold, and write about it. His seminal work concerning the
first twenty years of the United Nations is a book entitled
Fearful
Master. It is must reading. Griffin writes, "The Communist Manifesto"
says, "The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single
sentence, 'abolition of private property.'" That ends it, some might
say. America has private property; therefore we are not Communists. Do we,
in reality, have private property ownership in the United States? Let us
see.
We are allowed to purchase real
estate and homes. From the outset, though, it is a ridiculous operation. The
truth is, most Americans will never own a home, and with good reason. Houses
are priced out of the stratosphere. A small, two-bedroom home now costs
approximately $100,000. Most people must take out a loan for this, the most
important purchase they will ever make. Ironically, unlike any other
industry standard, the interest on this loan must be paid up front. This
means most people will pay a house off twice before they will begin to pay
off the actual loan amount.
Many Americans don't own their home
until thirty years after they make the purchase. The ownership of this
private property, however, is contingent upon a duty being paid to the
government. The State claims that unless yearly ransom is paid upon land
that is yours, you may not keep it. Additionally, these and other taxes are
used to give away, for free, 'private' property to those who can't afford.
Very communal. So ownership is based upon tribute payment, called land
taxes.
James Bovard is the
libertarianesque author of several books based on constitutional theory. In
Lost Rights, he reminds us that, "Private property marks the
boundary between the citizen and the State. The degree of respect the State
shows for property rights will largely determine how much privacy, autonomy,
and independence the citizen has." Yet, the attitude of
American
Government toward private property is flippant, at best. There is taxation.
Through RICO statutes, the State can and does confiscate property on the
basis of a junky-snitch's hearsay. Double jeopardy has been perpetuated, men
being tried once in criminal court, and tried again by the State in civil
court. Asset forfeiture is nothing more than a communistic doctrine whereby
land is seized, many times despite of the fact that the victim has been
found innocent, or charges dropped. Bovard adds, "Modern zoning laws
presume that no citizen has a right to control his own land." Without
knowing a higher-up, or greasing a palm, zoning laws progressively march
into the draconian. Regional governments have picked up on this. On June 30,
2004, King County Washington declared that they would make it illegal for
landowners to do anything, anything, on 65% of their own land.
Redistricting has developed new suburban ghettoes, and turned once-thriving
cities into ghost towns. Declaring a home historic allows government to
dictate its use and renovation. Another tool that the State uses to steal
land is Wetland Zoning. While this is necessary to an extent, Bush Sr., in
1999, claimed that any land that had a mere 15 days rainfall a year was
wetland. That has been further expanded today. Beautification acts forbid
certain usages for certain private property. Eminent domain declares the
State's right of land over the citizen's.
The first plank of Communism is the
abolition of private property. Bovard concludes, "Government cannot
control property without controlling people. Every extension of control over
property means a decrease in citizens' ability to rely on themselves and
plan their own lives' We face a choice of private property or political
subjugation." Without doubt, America's property rights are communal.
Marx claimed the abolition of private property would end class warfare. In
reality, without true property ownership, communal landholding has
perpetuated class strife.
"A heavy graduated income tax"
is also a sign of Communism. In America, the poor and the corporations
receive welfare. The middle-class gives between 10% and 35% of their income.
The rich pay 50% and more. Many are calling on even higher taxes. Michael
Moore stated, on "The O'Reilly Factor," that 70% would be a great tax for
the rich. Through foundations, though, the rich have paid relatively little.
Some have not paid a cent, including a Rockefeller and President Nixon. So,
for the individual who has no ties to the State, there is a heavy graduated
income tax.
The third edifice that Karl Marx
builds to his unworkable ideology is "the abolition of the right to
inheritance." In America, what has been erected is the Death Tax. Woe to
those who build up a small business or farm. When you die, the government
will take as much as half or more of your life's labor. Your children will
not have a say in the matter. You will be dead.
The fourth article states that
"emigrants and rebels" will have all real property taken from them. Today,
we do this to alleged drug dealers, pimps, gangsters, thieves, tax
protestors, and anyone else that can be scooped into the asset forfeiture
net.
The fifth plank of Karl Marx's
"Communist Manifesto" is the complete monopolization of economics and money
by a central bank. In America, that monopoly is the Federal Reserve. Prior
to the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913, America was one of the
most prosperous nations in the world. Today, we are the largest debtor
nation, with a monetary system that is in complete control of the private
corporation, the Federal Reserve.
"Centralization of the means of
communication and transportation into the hands of the state," is the
sixth platform of the "Communist Manifesto." Communication control has been
implemented on a global level. Associated Press controls American news.
Reuters takes care of Europe. Etc. Etc. Every telephone is under strict
guidelines imposed by the federal government. The American regime claims a
de facto right to search anyone flying, including old ladies and the
handicapped. We must have insurance, title, identification, driver's
license, auto registration, and vehicle inspection to drive. Furthermore,
your car must adhere to ecological standards, even as the global
corporations pollute on a level that could never be rivaled. Finally, you
must wear a seat belt, can't talk on the phone, and must drive at the speed
limit. Truly, travel and communications have been controlled in the United
States.
The seventh plank talks about the
government extending its ownership of industries, including manufacturing
and agriculture. It is apparent that many U.S. manufacturing jobs have been
imported to the redder China. The United States Department of Agriculture
has controlled that sector for many years. They tell farmers where, when,
and what to plant. They even dictate the size a fruit or vegetable must be
to be sold. They use taxpayer dollars to pay farmers not to plant. And, as
the power of the State over farmers has increased, the family farms have
equally dissipated.
Under Communism, the State is
allowed to dictate your profession and force you to work in it. Executive
Orders could allow, if invoked by one man, the President, FEMA to form work
brigades. Perhaps we are not there yet, but why would our government
progressively build up the power of FEMA to the point that, if allowed, it
would be able to take over labor, transportation, communication, and the
entire population and land. I say, any government that would even suggest
such things is Communist, and should be supplanted by a more republican
form.
Another tenet of Communism is a
strange one. Marx wrote that it would be best if manufacturing and
agriculture, or the city and the country, could be blended into a homogenous
blob. They should appear the same, with no difference in inference. Scan the
landscape of America. Rural towns now appear like mini versions of their big
brothers, the urban areas. Besides that, most of the citizenry stays inside
their homes, those bubbles of seclusion against the world. Most new American
homes resemble each other. So, inside of our homes, the rural and urban are
truly contiguous.
The tenth and final plank in Karl
Marx's "Communist Manifesto" reads, "Free education for all children in
public schools." Many would say that America needs public, government
schools. Without those, our children would not be able to compete. Yet, it
is because of those very same schools that our children can no longer get by
in the global market. Even Indians and Pakistanis can speak two or more
languages, have knowledge of advanced math, and grasp World History. In
America, almost half of all kids graduate illiterate. Most can't speak
proper English, don't know their multiplication tables up to twelve, and can't tell you who the Vice President is.
As I proved in my book,
Webs of
Power, a select group of families have been in control since before our
War of Independence. Through the Freemasons, they created America. With
America's help, they instituted Communism as a world player. G. Edward
Griffin tells us that the United Nations was simply a platform for the
Communists to better infiltrate our government. In 1964 he wrote, "For
many years the United States has been financing and supporting the expansion
of international Communism around the world through measures which have been
presented to the American people as ways of fighting Communism. President
after president has told us that we have to send billions to various
Communist and pro-Communist countries in order to win them away from Soviet
domination. We have shipped them military equipment, trained their officers
in our military schools, sent them machine tools, built whole factories and
power dams for them, and sold them subsidized wheat. Our political leaders
have shrewdly borrowed the money from our children and grandchildren."
Is it any wonder that America, herself, has trended toward Communism.
Robert Welch wrote a very important
book in 1963, called
The Politician, which corroborates Griffin's
thesis. Welch writes, "The American government had saved the Soviet
regime from financial collapse in 1933, and given its prestige and credit
the vital hypodermic injection, by recognition. The American government had
saved the Soviet regime from destruction by Hitler's armies, in 1942 and
1943, through intervention with both supplies and military force. The
American government had made possible all of the postwar expansion by the
Soviet empire, by acquiescence and frequently by collaboration in the Soviet
subjugation of other nations." In
The Politician, Americans wake
up to the threat during the 1950s. Yet, Welch claims the Communists were
rescued once again by the American government. "The sad truth is that
this tyranny was actually saved, in this period of great vulnerability, by
just one thing; by the inauguration, on January 20, 1953, of Dwight David
Eisenhower as President of the United States."
This incursion of redness into our
country continues to be methodically and continuously inculcated into our
culture. As this essay shows, we are following, to lesser or greater
degrees, the entire platform of the Communist Party. I have no answers. This
insidiousness pervades every waking moment of American life. Griffin informs
us that Communist agents inside our government asked the U.N. to be
headquartered in New York, on land donated by a Rockefeller, so that the
enemy could better infiltrate our halls of power. That is what has happened.
The Reagan incident, with the Berlin Wall, was a ruse. When finally they had
taken control of the American government, they simply allowed us to think we
had won. Later, much later, we will be able to look upon the shattered
battlefields of history, and one thing will become startlingly clear. Today,
we live in a world of American Communism.
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Erik Fortman is an author and musician from Texas. His new book,
Webs
of Power: Government Agencies, Secret Societies, & Elite Legacies, is
available at
Amazon.com and other retail outlets. You can find other
articles at davidicke.com, prisonplanet.tv, and other online journals. Erik
supports the Libertarian Party, NORML, and Gun Owners of America. He
welcomes your feedback at
erikfortman@yahoo.com
