How Propaganda Works (Against You)

It's been a long, long, time since the noun "Communist" was a word with far worse connotations than "racist" or "homophobe."

Chalk up another victory for the Communists.

Anyhow, courtesy of ColdFury, we read an essay which helps you to understand how Communist propaganda works.  You'll note that it really hasn't changed since the 1900's--and you'll also note that Benedict XVI was onto their game.

[Here are] some of the most important of the Soviet Union’s memetic weapons:

• There is no truth, only competing agendas. [You may read "narratives."]
• All Western (and especially American) claims to moral superiority over Communism/Fascism/Islam are vitiated by the West’s history of racism and colonialism.
• There are no objective standards by which we may judge one culture to be better than another. Anyone who claims that there are such standards is an evil oppressor.
• The prosperity of the West is built on ruthless exploitation of the Third World; therefore Westerners actually deserve to be impoverished and miserable.
• Crime is the fault of society, not the individual criminal. Poor criminals are entitled to what they take. Submitting to criminal predation is more virtuous than resisting it.
• The poor are victims. Criminals are victims. And only victims are virtuous. Therefore only the poor and criminals are virtuous. (Rich people can borrow some virtue by identifying with poor people and criminals.)
• For a virtuous person, violence and war are never justified. It is always better to be a victim than to fight, or even to defend oneself. But ‘oppressed’ people are allowed to use violence anyway; they are merely reflecting the evil of their oppressors.
• When confronted with terror, the only moral course for a Westerner is to apologize for past sins, understand the terrorist’s point of view, and make concessions.

Yes, they are familiar postulates and lies, and every damned one was created by Stalinists.  I don't care that your beloved Mr. Chips college prof spouted this shit and he was soooooo nice and sooooo gentle.  He was either a stooge or a Communist.  Take your pick.  I don't care if the stooge or Communist who spouts this crap wears a Roman collar, either--or if she was your Mommy.

B-16 spent a lot of time talking about the 'rule of relativism'.  He did so because relativism is EVIL; truth is binary, folks:  yes/no.  Cannot be 'relative' to anything.  Benedict XVI knew his Commies, partially because he also knew the Nazis, who were the same guys with different flags.

The only fault with this essay?  It doesn't identify Satan as the real Father of Lies.  But you can do that yourself.