I was digging through some old junk and stumbled upon a copy of this. I'm sure most of you have seen this but there may be a few that haven't.
Communist Rules for Revolution
A. Corrupt the young: get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial; destroy their ruggedness.
B. Get control of all means of publicity thereby:
1. Get people’s minds off their government by focusing their attention on athletics,
sexy books and plays and other trivialities.
2. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping
on controversial matters of no importance.
3. Destroy the people’s faith in their leaders by holding them up to contempt,
ridicule and obliquity.
4. Always preach true democracy, but, seize’ power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible.
5. By encouraging government extravagance, destroy its credit,
“produce fear of inflation with rising prices and general discontent.
6. Foment unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorders
and foster lenient and soft attitudes on the part of the government towards such disorders.
7. By specious argument, cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues of honesty,
sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word.
C. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population helpless.
Kinda makes you think doesn't it.
Communist Rules for Revolution
A. Corrupt the young: get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial; destroy their ruggedness.
B. Get control of all means of publicity thereby:
1. Get people’s minds off their government by focusing their attention on athletics,
sexy books and plays and other trivialities.
2. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping
on controversial matters of no importance.
3. Destroy the people’s faith in their leaders by holding them up to contempt,
ridicule and obliquity.
4. Always preach true democracy, but, seize’ power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible.
5. By encouraging government extravagance, destroy its credit,
“produce fear of inflation with rising prices and general discontent.
6. Foment unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorders
and foster lenient and soft attitudes on the part of the government towards such disorders.
7. By specious argument, cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues of honesty,
sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word.
C. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population helpless.
Kinda makes you think doesn't it.
