Then and Now
TO THE EDITOR:
In 1958, J. Edgar Hoover, famed director of the FBI, released a book entitled, “Masters of Deceit.” In that book, he exposes the American Communist Party. In chapter 14, Mr. Hoover lists the seditious tactics used by that party in its subversive bid to over through the American way of life. Among others, he lists, “Mass Agitation” using all exploitable issues, “Infiltration” into all types of organizations, including educational and political, and the “Subversion and Exploitation of Minorities.” Using these tactics, Marxism based Communism has now devastated many whole societies and left tens of millions dead all along its bloody historical pathway. And yet, this Marxist insanity continues to survive in the minds of delusional ideologues. These arrogant social experimenters simply refuse to see the abject failure of the Marxist Utopia: a classless, “worker bee” based society of absolute equality which strictly follows this very simplistic ideal—To each according to need—from each according to ability.
But, indeed, Marxism’s ultimate failure is naturally prescribed by the laws of “social physics,” based in a simple reality. And that immutable reality is this: Marxism and human nature simply cannot be “peacefully” reconciled. And, that reality is based in an even simpler one: the universal “wiring” of the human brain. If one exposes the brain to any type or level of gratification, it always wants more. And, therein lies the problem.
By its very rigid nature, Marxism absolutely forbids to humanity, the liberty to satisfy this basic desire. So, to enforce its inflexible requirement of absolute social and economic equality, Marxism must police every human being’s every activity— from how we talk, to the size of one’s soft drink, to absolute control over one’s health care. Indeed, this oppressive militancy is always the unavoidable end of Marxism.
And yet, in America, we keep giving away our liberties (and, for that matter, our security and prosperity) to undercover Marxists, newly evolved into “global socialists” and masquerading as our father’s Democrats. It would seem that many Americans now prefer autocratic overlords to liberty, personal aspiration, and initiative. Surely, Uncle Sam weeps today.
Larry Burnett Texarkana, Ark.