Socialism/Communism
COMMUNISM COMING TO THE U.S.
From the start, the Chinese communist party has used, ruthless violence to advance its radical ideology. The party’s first “paramount leader” or dictator was Mao Zedong, who surpassed even Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin as the worst mass murder in history. This fact is rarely heard, but it’s commonly true. Mao’s bloody legacy continued with his successor, Deng Xiaoping, and to this day with Xi Jinping.
Violent revolution usually follows the rise of communism, and China was no different. The Chinese Civil War started in 1927, just a few years after the Soviet Union helped to found the Chinese Communist Party. At that time, China’s government was led by the Nationalist Party, which fought Mao and other communist rebels. The Nationalist Party dominated the battlefield initially, and by 1934, the communists appeared to be on the brink of defeat. But Mao escaped and conducted a year-long flight through China’s mountains and swamps, a journey later exalted by communist propaganda as the heroic “Long March.” With 9/10 of Mao’s forces either dying or deserting, he still consolidated his hold as the revolutionary leader of the communist party.
In 1937, Imperial Japan provoked an all-out war against China, likely saving the Communists from defeat. The Nationalists, as the official government of China, had to fight head-on against Japanese forces in conventional battles, while Mao and the Communist insurgents used, guerrilla tactics, gained popularity, and gather their strength.
After World War II ended, the Chinese Civil War resumed. After four more years of brutal fighting and more than 7 million deaths, Mao and the reinvigorated Communists defeated the war weary Nationalists, who fled to Taiwan in 1949. Mao’s revolution had succeeded. He seized power and founded the Communist People’s Republic of China.
The horrors of Mao’s Civil War paled in comparison to the terror during his rule. Mao sought to industrialized China by seizing farms and starving and torturing his people. Peasants were forced to meltdown farm equipment to produce steel for the state while simultaneously being ordered to grow more food. All of this resulted in the worst famine in history. Between 1959 and 1962, the famine killed up to 45 million Chinese and drove some to cannibalism.
Then, Mao launched the Cultural Revolution to further radicalize the communist party and destroy any remnants of traditional Chinese society. He purged any supposed skeptic of communism and organized his zealous red guards to unleash violence resulting in 2 million Chinese deaths. Mao also exiled 20,000,000 insufficiently communist residents to the countryside and destroyed countless historic monuments and artifacts.
After Mao’s death, he was not criticized but honored. His body is embalmed and displayed in a grand Beijing mausoleum, his portrait hangs in Tiananmen Square and Chinese currency bears his face. Even after Deng Xiaoping took control of China and wanted to form a more “moderate” Communist Party, he still tolerated no dissent about Communist Party authority, Marxism, and socialism. The establishment of the One Child Policy resulted in 330 million abortions and approximately 200 million sterilizations.
Xi Jinping, China’s current Paramount leader, demonstrates the continued preeminence of Communist ideology. Xi has a doctorate in Marxism – Leninism. He has stressed that “our party has always emphasized adherence to the basic principles of scientific socialism.
Xi’s actions have matched his words. Upon taking power, Xi launched a sprawling purge that would have made Lennon and Stalin proud, and these periodic purges continue to this day. The party has eliminated term limits for the president to allow Xi to serve for life. Xi has cracked down on powerful businessmen, driving billionaires into seclusion after criticizing government officials. He has also reasserted party control over private businesses and further empowered state owned and state affiliated enterprises.
In some ways, the Chinese communist party today wields more power and more total control than it did in the second half of the last century. Indeed, Xi may well be more powerful than Mao, who could only dream of the advanced technological tools in the hands of Xi’s communist party. The party's eyes and ears are everywhere, always watching and eavesdropping on the greatest threat to their rule, the Chinese people.
We must understand that China is an evil and dangerous country. We must consider the fact that Chinese products are flooding markets and are quickly consumed by Americans because they are sold cheaply. Maybe we should spend a little more to support American made goods. We also need to consider that New York City has voted for an acknowledged socialist/communist to run for mayor of New York City on the Democratic ticket, and in our Congress, we have numerous socialist/communist making our laws and determined to take control of our government.
We need to learn our lessons from the actions of Mao and Xi, that Chinese Communism is still trying to take over control of the U.S.A. and eventually the world.
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When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Proverbs 29:2 NIV