Uprooting Communism, Socialism, and Marxism in America

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The United States has been subverted by people who believe in the failed ideologies of communismsocialism, and Marxism. Americaโ€™s experiment in self-governanceโ€”with State power constrained by well-crafted limits of our constitutionโ€”is under direct threat from people who want to โ€œdeconstructโ€ our nation and replace it with a collectivist system of governance.

Many of the 1960s-era adherents to collectivist ideas have infiltrated our government, churches, and a multitude of other institutions, meaning these destructive philosophies have penetrated deep within our country and will be difficult to root out. Many of these radicals are also embedded within the education system, indoctrinating American children.

These people are Americaโ€™s enemies. But, trying to counter subversive efforts without a full understanding of your enemy is a foolโ€™s errand. I recently interviewed The Epoch Timesโ€™ Joshua Philipp, award-winning investigative journalist and an expert on communism, socialism, and Marxism, to determine how America might reorient itself toward mounting an effective defense against the proliferation of these destructive ideas.

One of the least effective ways to discuss communism, socialism, and Marxism is arguing against the economic outcomes and human suffering that inevitably follows adoption of these systems.

โ€œYour average socialist doesnโ€™t care that it doesnโ€™t work economically. Your average socialist doesnโ€™t care that itโ€™s going to uproot the family system and destroy family order,โ€ Philipp said. โ€œThey believe that their end goals are so righteous, that killing a few people along the way is worth it for the sake of accomplishing what they hope to create.โ€

Frequently cited in arguments against collectivist systems are the hundreds of millions of people killed by leaders such as Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, Kim Il Sung, and Mao Zedong. But, โ€œreal socialists and communists donโ€™t even bat an eye to it,โ€ Philipp said.

While he believes the numbers of people murdered by communists should be part of this conversation, he also thinks that in order to persuade people against these philosophies, opponents of collectivism must address the roots of these ideas.

Religion and Natural Order

Karl Marx stood in strong opposition to religion. Though he had been a Christian in his youth, the timeless question that turned him away (and that he used to recruit people into a socialist mindset and the communal communist order) was essentially: If God is righteous, and if everything is created by God, then why does evil exist?

โ€œIf God created all things, and evil exists, then he must have created evil. That was the theory,โ€ Philipp said. โ€œAnd then they believe, well, if he created evil, then he must not be totally good. And therefore, he must not be the true, perfect image.โ€

For millennia, this has been a part of theological and philosophical debates, with religious scholars arguing that evil is not Godโ€™s creation, but the absence of God. Evil exists because man has free will, so people can choose to do good or evil. But, according to Philipp, what communists and utopians have sought to do is essentially try to eliminate evil from the world, as they see it.

Certain questions naturally follow: How do you prevent people from doing bad things? How do you prevent greed? How do you prevent people from doing things you donโ€™t want them to do?

โ€œYou have to destroy the natural order. And, so they looked to create systems that could dictate to a very specific degree all elements of free will, that was one side of it,โ€ he said. โ€œThat was always the downfall of utopians.โ€

Communists believe in the destruction of all previous institutions, including religious institutions. They believe in rebelling against God, whom they see as imperfect. Therefore, communism cannot coexist with the church. Communist ideology suggests that in order to perfect society, โ€œyou need to remove God from human morality, you need to remove God from human art, you need to remove God from architecture, and from our family structures, and from the way we shape our lives,โ€ Philipp mentioned.

Dialectical Materialism

One of the pre-existing ideas that was brought into Marxism was that of the โ€œnegation of the negation,โ€ which basically means that through the destruction of an existing institution, a more highly evolved system will emerge. For example, the chicken is born through the negation of the egg, the plant is born through the negation of the seed, a higher institution can be born through the negation of an existing institution. This would mean that by destroying institutions, a higher state of human evolution can be induced.

So, they must challenge the church, challenge tradition, challenge belief, create antithesisโ€”the opposite of what is. โ€œMarxism did the same thing under what they call โ€˜dialectical materialism,โ€™โ€ Philipp said, which is where you intentionally create inversion. You identify important cultural systems of that society and create the antithesis of that.

โ€œSo, you promote divorce, you promote feminism, you need to find ways to break up the family,โ€ he said. โ€œYou need to look at the ways of doing it, and then develop social movements to argue against whatever the existing institution is.โ€

โ€œIf you want to destroy religion, you need to promote atheism,โ€ he said. โ€œWant to destroy the family, you need to promote feminism, promote divorce, promote the taking away of children by the government.โ€

The Way Forward

We donโ€™t need to look too closely to see the ways in which communists, socialists, and Marxists have infiltrated the United States and other countries. Communists infiltrated American churches in the early 20th century. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has penetrated American schools. They have seized influence in U.S. companies and within our government.

Notably, their presence is visible in the authoritarian policies born from the pandemic response: the capricious, autocratic mandates; the brutal repression of people marching in the streets demanding the governmentโ€™s boot off of their necks and a return to normalcy; actions by members of groups such as the United Nations and World Economic Forum who decry a return to normalcy, while pushing a global centralization of power.

For freedom-loving individuals, once you understand the goals of communists, socialists, and Marxists, you cannot cede any ground to them. Thereโ€™s absolutely no capitulating, no negotiating, no meeting halfway.

โ€œEvery time they make a moral argument, and you say, โ€˜Okay, I want to be reasonable here, Iโ€™ll concede half the ground to you,โ€™ society loses half its morals, society loses half its beliefs,โ€ Philipp said. โ€œEvery time they do this, and they continue doing it, they force people to acknowledge it. And every time they do this, every time people give ground, they give up half their values.โ€

All supporters of individual liberty, freedom, and human rights must unite to confront the destructive forces attempting to take over. Americans must use all non-violent means available to deliver an immense repudiation of authoritarian systems of governance.

The battle isnโ€™t unwinnable. There are only a few thousand politicians, bureaucrats, and corporate executives. There are more than 333 million American citizens. Who really holds the power in this country?

If government schools enforce Draconian mandates or teach lessons that indoctrinate your kids with communism, socialism, or Marxism, send your kids to private school or homeschool. If businesses enforce unconstitutional mandates, you stop spending your money thereโ€”put them out of business. If airlines enforce authoritarian policies or mandates, then stop flying with them. If your place of employment is caving to authoritarianism, you team up with like-minded employees and say no.

โ€œYou do not give an inch, you donโ€™t sacrifice even a single morsel of your system of values, you donโ€™t give in even a drop, you donโ€™t play their games, you donโ€™t talk within the boundaries of their arguments,โ€ Philipp said. โ€œYou donโ€™t even engage with them, in terms of giving any ground on anything. If they want to call you names for it, so be it. If they want to attack you, so be it. You do not sacrifice an inch.โ€

By Adrian Norman

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