Saturday, December 15, 2012

Stalin On Tragedy, Guns And More

Joseph Stalin Quotes - BrainyQuote:

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic."

"We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"

"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. "

"The only real power comes out of a long rifle."

"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem. "

"You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves."

"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

-- Joseph Stalin
Why did I put that "One death is a tragedy" quote first? Because that's exactly the technique that our pols and their pals in the media use on you every day whether it's about guns or anything else. They're always trying to personalize events to play on your emotions in way that reinforces their preferred narratives.

In short, to them you're a moronic serf to be milked an manipulated. If it's not about making you happy to march down like a happy 1930's German Jew to turn in your guns it will be another completely insane manipulation.

And note carefully Stalin's comments about counting the votes. Now why would he care about voting at all given he was one of the most powerful and violent thugs ever to walk the planet?  Because he was a student of his predecessor V.I. Lenin who famously said: "Democracy is indispensable to Socialism".  Sound familiar?

And, oh yes, Lenin also said: "One man with a gun can control 100 without one."