December 08, 2021

Communism By Any Other Name

 by Tim Murray

In trying to describe the quickly emerging soft totalitarian states in Western Europe and Canada today, conventional labels seem inadequate. But “fascist” is by far the most commonplace. “Communist” is seldom used except in reference to the “Chinese Communist Party State”. This should not be surprising.

Given the Leftist capture of academia, the Mainstream Media, Google, FB, Twitter and major corporations, it is fair to say that they control the narrative—and just as critically, the language. Even those who are opposed to their agenda have come to adopt Leftist terminology, which is rife with words that bias discussions before they begin, and predispose participants toward Leftist arguments.

Particularly vexing is that whenever negative portrayals of anything that smacks of intolerance, violence, government over-reach or arbitrary action are called for, references to Hitler or Nazism or Fascism are made. The logical fallacy of “Hitlerlum ad absurdum” is employed as the standard show-stopper by Leftists who are losing the argument. 

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