Bud in Fla
Veteran Member
I'm afraid it's too late to nip it in the bud!
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America's Red Guard: BLM, Antifa, and the Progressive Democrat Socialist Left.
If anyone has a terse comprehension of world history, they may see many similarities in the US political biosphere in this year of our Lord 2024 and what occurred in China during the decade from 1966 to 1976 during what has been operationalized as the
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America's Red Guard: BLM, Antifa, and the Progressive Democrat Socialist Left.
If anyone has a terse comprehension of world history, they may see many similarities in the US political biosphere in this year of our Lord 2024 and what occurred in China during the decade from 1966 to 1976 during what has been operationalized as the
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America's Red Guard: BLM, Antifa, and the Progressive Democrat Socialist Left.
TORRANCE STEPHENS, PHD
JAN 25, 2024
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If anyone has a terse comprehension of world history, they may see many similarities in the US political biosphere in this year of our Lord 2024 and what occurred in China during the decade from 1966 to 1976 during what has been operationalized as the Cultural Revolution in China.
Just look around. On one hand, we have the non-existent Antifa, the supposed "anti-fascist" who engage in acts involving violence, property damage, physical assault, and the suppression of opposing views (all of which contradict the movement's supposed commitment to anti-fascism and which are actions that reflect authoritarian approaches of protest) and on the other, there are the BLM ‘fiery but mostly peaceful’ protests and Pro-Hamas mob violence and looting during demonstrations.
All of what I have just cited happening in the US occurred similarly before and during the first stages of the communist revolution in China and were committed by the Red Guard under Mao Zedong.
One of the best accounts of the Color Revolution and the Red Guard I have come across was written by Brantly Womack.
The Red Guards were primarily composed of young people, typically students and workers. The majority of these students ranged from high school to university levels. Mao encouraged them to criticize and challenge authority figures, who he perceived were not adhering to the communist revolutionary ideals he advanced.
Mao Zedong called on these youth to form paramilitary groups to advance the goals of his cultural revolution.
In addition to students and workers, there were young members of the Communist Party who supported Mao's revolutionary agenda and were active in promoting the goals of the Cultural Revolution mainly through violent acts against people (including their parents) and property. Similar to what we observe in the universities across America today, most of these squads were formed at various schools, universities, factories, and villages across China.
The Red Guards were characterized by their vehement and fanatical belief in Maoist ideology and were often politically radical and willing to take extreme measures to eliminate perceived enemies of the revolution. They organized themselves in a quasi-military structure with leaders of cells and their activities included mass rallies, public denunciations, and violent actions against those defined as ‘counter-revolutionaries.’
One of the main tasks of the Red Guards was to stand against and disassemble traditional educational systems via protest and the prevention of presenting any voices contradicting the communist party narrative. This meant that all schools, universities, and cultural institutions were fair game including parents, teachers, and intellectuals (many eventually being persecuted, sent to work in labor camps, or deleted). For Mao, the suppression of all opposition was paramount.
Another role of the Red Guard was to enforce ideological purity. Thus, they were employed to target those who were considered to deviate from Maoist ideology and this often involved violent purges, public humiliations, and destruction of traditional and cultural symbols (destroying and tearing down historic statues and monuments).
Wherever one saw the Red Guards, you could expect trouble, widespread chaos, violence, and social upheaval like a California flash mob smash and grab hitting a Macy’s department store.
Likewise, the Red Guards operated with a high degree of autonomy, and their actions often spiraled into chaos and violence. Mao wanted to eliminate all remnants of traditional Chinese culture and suppress any elements of the bourgeois.
Parents were a target because Mao thought that parents having control over their children above the state or without state supervision was problematic. After all, the greatest defense against Marxism and communism is the nuclear family. Marx made this clear in his writings. All totalitarian regimes seek to destroy the family because they do not want any loyalty above the state.
The Red Guards were instrumental in promoting the ideas of the Cultural Revolution in China. Our Red Guard are Antifa, BLM, Democratic Socialist, and Pro-Hamas agitators. The way I see it, if a person cannot tell you what a woman is, or thinks that a man can get pregnant, then you know you are dealing with a loon, a cultural Marxist, and likely foot soldiers of America’s Red Guard.
If we continue to be blind to this, we may be on a path to a similar outcome as 1966 China if we fail to take a stand and nip this shit in the bud.
