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Jared Wilkins's avatar

He was a talented novelist, it's hard to deny that. Coincidentally his remarks are spot on for certain issues today. He also had bad opinion of the Jews. So one can be talented on one area, but it doesn't make them worthy of praise in general.

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Mike Sweeten's avatar

Fair enough. I don't think it's coincidental at all. We're seeing an atheistic collectivist uprising in the same spirit as a communist revolution. Same psychological forces rooted in ideology (collectivism). The timing is always a surprise, but the progression should not be. The big question is how do you stop it. Gato's been leading that charge, because I have no idea.

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Jared Wilkins's avatar

From my perspective it's more comparable to what Nazis did, than communists. Nazis have been widely known as book burners, human experimenters and generally bad people. Soviet Russia was bloody but it can't even remotely compete with what Nazis did. Japanese are also worthy mentioning with their 731 unit, purposefully infecting people with deceasing and watching how they suffer and die. That's what big pharma is doing today.

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Mike Sweeten's avatar

I agree. My contention is there's an underlying ideological and psychological common thread to communism, fascism and what we're currently witnessing. To try to make sense of this, I've had to significantly adjust my perspective of the power of ideology in the human spirit. I think history supports it.

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statsman's avatar

What rock did you crawl out from under?

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Mike Sweeten's avatar

The rock of my salvation.

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