Sunday, September 04, 2011

A Blueprint for American Decline: Cultural Marxism and the Democratic Party

America has moved ever leftward in the past fifty years.  Now as most leftward nations do, we are going broke, our individual liberty and prosperity are in decline, and we can only wonder how it all came about.

Personally, I think it has been the successful infiltration of the Democratic Party by Marxists, radicals and determined socialists.   This didn't happen over night.  The greatest nation on earth has been poisoned slowly over time, though a patient gradualism, in which our traditions, institutions and way of life have been slowly displaced.  The frog has been slowly boiled, with the heat raised only a degree at a time, unnoticed until it is too late.  Frog soup, anyone?

The Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci advocated this gradualist approach to undermining the west, while he was sitting in an Italian prison in the 1930's.  He advocated the destruction of Christianity so it could be replaced by a nearly religious faith in the power of the state.  He wished for a "long march through the institutions," a take-over by the left of the media and academia.  The leftist press would publish only such news as would move the revolution forward, and the university would thoroughly immerse students in collectivist propaganda.

Gramsci advocated "cultural hegemony," which is most often referred to as "cultural Marxism" today.  Per Wikepedia:
Cultural hegemony is the philosophic and sociological theory, by the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, that a culturally diverse society can be dominated (ruled) by one social class, by manipulating the societal culture (beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values) so that its ruling-class worldview is imposed as the societal norm, which then is perceived as a universally valid ideology and status quo beneficial to all of society, whilst benefiting only the ruling class.
Having the "right" beliefs is rewarded in such a society, through social acceptance, better grades in school, and more opportunities for employment.  Having the "wrong" beliefs can result in social ostracism and loss of employment.  In the worst case, one might have his name publicly blacklisted, where would-be employers can reject him and media can denounce him to the public at large (the Southern Poverty Law Center maintains such a list).  Such ostracism effectively stops private inquiry, research and publication that might present facts contrary to the leftist worldview.

Cultural Marxism works to slowly desensitize the average citizen from his bourgeois beliefs in the church, in the institution of marriage, merit-based employment and admission to the university.  The church is undermined through ridicule, as in the immersion of a crucifix in a jar of urine as a form of high art.  Marriage is undermined through the advocacy of gay marriage now and polygamy later.  A sense of guilt is inculcated in students for being white, capitalist, prosperous, American and free, as these conditions are effectively (though falsely) connected to poverty and misery in the third world.  Since we are [allegedly] responsible for this poverty and misery, we are obligated to hand over our wallets to leftist politicians for delivery to the third world victims.

We are further encouraged to go along through propaganda disguised as science:  man-made global warming will destroy the planet unless we turn over the means of production to much greater government control.  So we introduce yet another disincentive to resistance:  fear.  Nature will kill you if you do not surrender individual freedom to a new super-government.

Beliefs and behavior are also regulated through informal speech codes imposed in both academia and the media:  one does not refer to the race of rioters or the ideology of terrorists when writing news reports.  One does not hold anyone accountable for violence or anti-social behavior, and to do so constitutes a terrible condition known as racism...for which one will be blacklisted, ostracized and unemployed.

All of this leftwing activity points to one grand scheme:  the massive redistribution of wealth from those who produce it to those who do not.  We are pressured to go along through guilt and fear.  Guilt of our own success, fear of social ostracism, fear of "climate change," fear of violence by those we are entreated to appease.

Now a writer named Frank Miele explains the long term effects of cultural Marxism in his article "Is American decline the product of chance or of design?"  Before the counter revolution can begin, however, we need to understand how we got to where we are.

7 comments:

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    "America has moved ever leftward in the past fifty years. Now as most leftward nations do, we are going broke, our individual liberty and prosperity in decline, and we can only wonder how it all came about.

    Personally, I think it has been the successful infiltration of the Democratic Party by Marxists, radicals and determined socialists. This didn't happen over night. The greatest nation on earth has been poisoned slowly over time, though a patient gradualism, in which our traditions, institutions and way of life have been slowly displaced. ..."

    First of all, calm down. USA is not going broke; no matter what Fox/Murdoch Networks says (remember: Fox lies _ALL_ the time). It is time you came out and see for yourself how well USA is doing.

    Can you name one liberty that has been lost ('Liberty and Prosperity' are Madison Avenue advertisement slogans, with no real meaning) in the past fifty years?

    Traditions like segregation, institutions like slavery and way of life with no electricity, no clean water,and no access to health care have been replaced. Through liberalism and liberals USA is a integrated society with positive public schools, and, for most of the country, modern day conveniences(high quality hospitals, internet, and public service utilities). The Democratic Party is a big tent political party open to people with goal of expanding 'Liberty and Prosperity'. I agree with you, the Democratic Party is not improving these needs fast enough. We the people need them to do more.


    The greatest nation on earth has been poisoned by corporate welfare, wealthy tax cheats, and criminal banksters who have 'gamed' the system to their advantage. Your whole argument of "Having the "wrong" beliefs can result in social ostracism and loss of employment. In the worst case, one might have his name publicly blacklisted, ..." is totally laughable. All you have to do is ask the war criminal Dick Cheney.

    Your rooting for the failure of USA puts you in league with Iran, North Korea, and USA hating terrorists.

    So, say again, whose side ARE you on?

    Ema Nymon
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  2. Ah Ema, you do study your leftist bumper sticker slogans and sound bites well, don't you?

    Further, your arguments are irrational rants that make outrageous claims that are unsupported by any facts (Cheney is a war criminal, the wealthy are tax cheats and bankers are criminals). None of this is true and you have no rational arguments for your positions.

    Many conservatives have been blacklisted for their beliefs (mainly by the Southern Poverty Law Center) and have lost their jobs at its urging. I recently wrote about one, a school principal in New York. We have lost our freedoms of inquiry and association through this kind of social ostracism and blacklisting.

    As for liberty lost, we have lost the right to select our own form of health care, for one of many.

    Also, because I oppose the Democrat subversion of America, that does not in any way mean I am rooting for America to fail: I am rooting for YOU to fail. You, as a liberal Democrat, are the one working for that goal, to replace capitalism with systems that produce only poverty and want, to reduce our military strength to third world levels, to subvert American sovereignty through insane international treaties like Kyoto and Law of the Sea, by blocking all energy exploitation and supply and by huge governmental control of every aspect of our lives through the myth of global warming.

    As for America not going broke, are you utterly blind? Trillions of new debt that will have to be paid off by our grandchildren and great grandchildren? Persistent high joblessness? In the past few months three people on my block have lost their homes.

    The truth is Ema, you don't have a clue. You are just a walking bumper sticker for the facially stud-infested, green-haired morons of the far left.

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    I hang out here for the comic relief you provide. I've wondered just in what world you live. Through your writings I realize you live in the state of denial, world of chaos.


    The recent financial collapse of USA was caused by the grand theft of wealth of USA by banksters; you deny it ever happened. Mr Chaney brags he authorized war crimes (torture) against prisoners; you deny deny it. The trust fund wealthy and international corporations avoid paying taxes in USA; you deny they exist. Deny, deny, deny: blame that 'n' in the White House.


    Moving USA forward through liberalism and liberal thought has succeeded over the past 50+ years. Successful liberal visions will continue because the people USA are a compassionate, caring, supportive, and helpful to each other, their neighbors, and government/country. Progressives/liberals offer drugs, sex and rock n roll. You and yours offer denial, hatred, and failure.


    You are lost. The reason you are lost is as an alternative to compassion, love, sex, and drugs offered by the progressive/liberal left you and your ilk offer denial, hatred, and failure.

    Peace!

    Ema Nymon
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  4. Ema, your belief system is a joke. The recent financial collapse was caused by liberals and the Democratic Party, forcing banks and other lenders to make bad loans to minorities to buy houses they couldn't afford. That caused the housing bubble, which burst, causing thousands of banks and insurance companies to fail. Why bother with actual facts, when you are so good at constructing a fantasy world to live in? You are the one in denial.

    Liberalism will be stopped or the USA will become just another broke, decadent shell, just as England, Greece, Ireland and others who have taken the road to serfdom. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and liberalism is ignorance, wishful thinking and outright treason.

    So you are mad at Cheney for saving American lives? Figures. Liberals always support America's enemies over their own country. You are the perfect reverse barometer for everything that is true and correct.

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  5. we will have another civil war before we lose to you bastards Ema

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  6. Oh,one more thing, Ema: you hang around because the seeds of doubt have been planted in your brain and are beginning to sprout, and in your fear and frustration you continually attack me to make yourself feel better.

    Liberalism is poison to liberty, prosperity and security from external threats, and your rants won't alter this unpleasant reality one iota.

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  7. Having the "right" beliefs is rewarded in such a society, through social acceptance, better grades in school, and more opportunities for employment. Having the "wrong" beliefs can result in social ostracism and loss of employment.

    We're there in many sectors.

    For example, I know many teachers who hide their conservative worldview for fear of losing their jobs (and, consequently, health insurance and pension).

    Economic hard times cause people to hunker down and assume a low profile. Fear is powerful.

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