Her transformative vision would also take central planning far beyond the realms already practiced during the most totalitarian epochs
of Communist dictators Mao Tse - tung and Josef Stalin.
It would also take central planning far beyond the realms already practiced during the most totalitarian epochs
of Communist dictators Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin.
So blaming the crimes
of these Communist dictators on their lack of belief in gods is like blaming their crimes on their lack of belief in fairies.
Now — can you say the equivalent of all this about
any of the Communist dictators?
Not exact matches
The
communist Khmer Rouge took control
of the country under a
dictator, Pol Pot.
thefinisher1 You may not be any
of the religious types who have killed, or terrorized, but I'm not a
communist dictator either.
Moreover, American distrust
of government has long fed on the abuses
of state power abroad, whether by despotic monarchs, fascist
dictators or
communist tyrants.
And, you're forgetting that the
communists were totalitarian regimes, like that
of the Christian Hitler, the Muslim Hussein, and dozens
of other
dictators, Tzars, Emperors and kings throughout history who have slaughtered lots
of people.
Absurd attempts to conflate atheism with despotic
dictators eg:» Atheists have tortured and murdered more people in the last 100 years than were killed in all previous centuries» or slightly less inaccurately: «Atheists killed more than 100,000,000 people in the 20th century» The syllogism: —
Communist despots ordered or failed to prevent the deaths
of millions in the 20th century — Not believing in God is a tenet
of communism — Therefore, atheists killed millions in the 20th century deliberately misrepresents atheism.
In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences
of socialist policies and ideals: the failure
of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly
Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry
dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard
of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name
of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks
of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration
of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number
of countries, beginning with Russia.
Radicals, they claim, selectively criticize Western - oriented
dictators and seldom denounce the flagrant abuse
of human rights in
communist countries.
I suspect that the number
of deaths attributed
communist dictators is a drop in the bucket compared to the estimated 90 % death rate
of indigenous Americans when Christian explorers arrived in the New World.
In fact, quite a number
of the worst
communist dictators in history learned the discourse
of dogmatic persuasion during their religious educations.
Ironically, the Brexit campaign run by some British politicians reminds one
of Enver Hoxha, the
communist dictator who ruled Albania for fifty years from the end
of the World War II.
Why did it go around spreading anti-
communist sentiment to an extent where they defied the internal politics
of countries and preferred to instill a
dictator who would ruthlessly crackdown
communist?
The
dictators in
communist nations tended to take the place
of monarchs but that never really caught hold in the US even though there's still that relationship in the minds
of many.
Nowadays not only the diplomatic relations between western democracies and
dictators of the middle east and Asian continents are good, but there is an incredible amount
of trade for goods in China for example, and it does seem not bother anyone in western democracies to trade with these countries, and thus directly finance the torture
of innocents and even expansion
of the
communist ideology in China.
In a speech to the Bow Group the former Tory Chairman and self - appointed keeper
of the Thatcherite flame will «compare the Tory leader to the
communist dictator Pol Pot over the way in which he has tried to «purge the memory
of Thatcherism»» (Telegraph).
«I do agree with Nicole that the speaker — I would say she's to the left
of Mao,» Mr. Grimm told the Observer on Saturday, referring to the 20th century Chinese
Communist dictator, Mao Zedong.
We see Khrushchev's chaperone Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - later Richard Nixon's running mate - working his political magic on the cantankerous mayor
of Los Angeles who refused to play gracious host to the
communist dictator.
Her chilling impressions
of a dreary, muffled, and depleted land are juxtaposed with a uniquely to - the - point history
of how North Korea became an industrialized
Communist nation supported by the Soviet Union and China and ruled by Kim Il Sung, then collapsed catastrophically into poverty, darkness, and starvation under the
dictator's son, Kim Jong Il.
On the set
of the film Can - Can, Shirley MacLaine and Frank Sinatra gave the
communist dictator a taste
of good old fashioned American titillation.
Since the basis
of Jewish prayers consists
of communal singing, Jews literally defied the
communists right under their noses, with their
Dictator's blessing (so to speak).
Besides outstanding members
of the scientific association that gathers as the Mummy Congress, Pringle limns the many varieties
of mummies, from the world's oldest, preserved by the high - altitude climate
of the Andes, to modern
Communist dictators, self - mummifying Buddhists, and the subjects
of extreme cosmetic surgery.
It's a succession
of stories unified by continuing characters — among them, three hairy - faced men (vulpine Desmond, simian Danilo, and Mister Morgen); pre-WWII diva Olympia, who was a companion
of Yugoslavia's
communist dictator, Tito; a gelatinous fat man; three scheming bureaucrats (maybe); a writer; and the cop who bugs him (and, earlier, Desmond)-- and a plot in which most people become George Romero ghouls.
The series journeys through history exploring iconography and idealism across a cultural spectrum, from model planes and boats inspired by
Communist China's food coupons
of the 1950s and 1960s to portraits
of fallen
dictators.
But by the early 1930s, Soviet
dictator Joseph Stalin ordered the propagation
of Communist Party - approved socialist realism in the arts.
In the 70's, David Rockefeller extended his praise to
communist dictator of China, Mao Zedong, in an article published in the New York Times, for his country's one - child policy, which will be the model for the Western nations to follow in the future — hence China's «Most Favored Nation» status granted by the UN.
President Obama,
of course, is completely on board the AGW alarmist bandwagon, having signed a climate deal in Beijing last November with Chinese
Communist dictator Xi Jinping.
Ms Soapbox was trolling through Hansard searching for signs
of intelligent life under the Dome when she discovered (sandwiched between the Wildrose Opposition's accusation that the Premier appointed a Soviet - era
communist to serve as her deputy chief
of staff and the NDP MLA for Edmonton - Ellerslie admires «the worst leftist
dictators») a few glimmers
of wit....