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Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism
A brand-new installment of the beloved Politically Incorrect Guide series! The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism is a fearless critique of freedom's greatest ideological adversary, past and present.
382 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2017
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Paul Kengor
35 books143 followersPaul G. Kengor is an author and professor of political science at Grove City College and the senior director of the Institute for Faith and Freedom, a Grove City College think tank. He is a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Kengor has focused much of his work on Ronald Reagan, faith and the presidency, conservative politics, the Cold War, Communism, and Catholicism.
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July 11, 2020
Paul Kengor, a Cold War historian at Grove City College, summarizes the disastrous history of communism and how it has led to the rise of demagogues that enact policies that paved the way to death squads, famines, and misery. Communist demagogues, from Vladimir Lenin to Che Guevara, all embraces violence and were devoid of mercy to their political enemies. Lenin even went as far as to enact a death penalty for priests. Kengor also presents us with a different portrait of Karl Marx that shows his racism, laziness, cruelty, and anti-Semitic character. Engels was equally just as bad of a person. Scary book but I don’t think many people will read it.
November 13, 2017
Everyone should read this book! The most comprehensive book about communism, socialism and the modern-day "progressives" who are just communists in disguise. Communists/socialists have killed more people (100-120 million) than any other political group in history other than Islamic terrorists (140 million)... however communism has only been around for 100 years whereas Islamic terror has been around for 1400 years.
December 14, 2017
There is a little foul language in this one including racial slurs. The foul language is only used when quoting someone. The racial slurs are used when quoting Marx and Engels to reveal their racism. There are more Communist quotes in the book that are very revealing and just show the Communists in their own words. This is an informative book that takes on all the Communist propaganda that's out there. This is the second book in the "Politically Incorrect" series I have listened to (the other one is "The Politically Incorrect Guide To The Sixties") and they were both very good and informative and not politically correct, just correct.
December 17, 2017
I grew up in a communist country so I hate communism as much as anyone else but books like this are partially responsible for strengthening communist sympathisers' beliefs. What do you think would be the result of reading this book to one of the current crop of American students? This book has zero chance of convincing anyone of anything and will simply reassure them in what they already believe.
I find it disturbing how the only word that is a stronger invective than communism according to the author is Darwinism. God save us from the crazy idea of evolution. I was seriously confused at that point.
I find it disturbing how the only word that is a stronger invective than communism according to the author is Darwinism. God save us from the crazy idea of evolution. I was seriously confused at that point.
December 4, 2017
The worst idea in history is back!
Oh, how I love an unapologetic, tell it like it is, exposition of evil!
Written in a no holds barred, give it both barrels and then reload, style.
A must read.
Oh, how I love an unapologetic, tell it like it is, exposition of evil!
Written in a no holds barred, give it both barrels and then reload, style.
A must read.
December 7, 2017
Great book! Very comprehensive & provocative writing on Communism
July 17, 2020
I am really shocked to see today's younger generation's attraction to and support for communism (aka socialism, democratic socialism, etc) given it's well-documented track record of oppression, torture, and murder! In case anyone has been living under a rock or claims ignorance, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism by Paul Kengor will tell you everything you should know about what the author calls the absolute worst idea in human history. Many estimates from various sources are that around 100,000,000 people were killed by murder, starvation, and torture. It is really sad to see young people wearing T-Shirts with Che Guevara's image on them; when asked about who that is, many have no idea and are ignorant that Che was just a murderous thug who enjoyed torturing and killing people. The communist takeover of Russia resulted in so many deaths that it makes the overthrown Czar look like Mr. Rogers! The usual result of socialism and communism is repression, poverty, and death. Many of today's youth think that, as many times as it has been tried and failed, it hasn't been executed (pun intended) correctly. Maybe calling it Democratic Socialism will fix it! Everyone should read this and learn the facts about this dangerous ideology.
January 15, 2018
Although America won the Cold War, seems that it was losing the ideological battles, with many of millenials showed favorable impressions toward communism. How misguided they are. Duped by leftist intellectuals who infiltrated America’s educational system, these ‘cultural marxists’ turned america’s younger generation into Lenin, Stalin and Che apologists. The author showed that America had been more sympathetic to communism since Obama got elected to presidency, and the success story of the Communists was shown with strong support of younger voters towards Bernie Sanders. I guess it is true that people, especially younger people never learn from history.
February 6, 2018
This is just. . .stupid. "Communism have big obvious flaws and lots of bad things happened! Ergo, the United States is chosen by God to lead the world and we're motherfucking perfect!"
You, kiddo, need to learn how to think. Humanity never benefited by worshiping idols, least of all money.
You, kiddo, need to learn how to think. Humanity never benefited by worshiping idols, least of all money.
October 31, 2020
This is a very inconvenient book to read, which details the horrible propaganda that's been slipped under the mat, but the whiff of brain-washing is obvious to all. How communism's errors were downplayed, and how terrorist sympathizers who glory over the victories of Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Guevara, Castro, and so on in the US as elsewhere. This book features two overlapping histories: That of the revolutionary terrorists, and the intellectual sympathizers of those terrorists, who have also hijacked the causes of feminism and racial integrity for their own gains. This book demonstrates that overwhelmingly, those who act as the protectors of the poor and the oppressed and the downtrodden are often themselves the exploiters of said impoverished people, but for political gains that would hide their costs both economic and social and push to the forth their masked ideologies and their concern and sympathy for others. A very disgusting act from people who lust for power.
I wish there was also a chapter on Middle-Eastern communism, whether it was the Iraqi socialist state of Saddam Hussain, or Lebanese and Syrian socialism, or even Egyptian welfare policies, and the late statist directions of Egypt. Sadly, also, the Palestinian alignment with socialistic ideals was not given much thought or early Israeli socialism. Or even in my home country of Kuwait, how in the constitution they made Kuwait a moderate socialist state.
I wish there was also a chapter on Middle-Eastern communism, whether it was the Iraqi socialist state of Saddam Hussain, or Lebanese and Syrian socialism, or even Egyptian welfare policies, and the late statist directions of Egypt. Sadly, also, the Palestinian alignment with socialistic ideals was not given much thought or early Israeli socialism. Or even in my home country of Kuwait, how in the constitution they made Kuwait a moderate socialist state.
July 15, 2021
A worthy polemic for an evil, satanic ideology.
However condemning of communism Professor Kengor's book may be, there is ample room for condemnation still. No rhetoric can possibly match the vile reality that is communism. A monster animated by lies, evil boasting, false promises, hatred, greed, covetousness, and suicidal nihilism. May God be with us as we stupidly regress towards the anti-Christ of communism. Repent, America. Repent now, before it is too late. Once lost, freedom is exceedingly difficult to restore. It is God's gift. Show some gratitude!
However condemning of communism Professor Kengor's book may be, there is ample room for condemnation still. No rhetoric can possibly match the vile reality that is communism. A monster animated by lies, evil boasting, false promises, hatred, greed, covetousness, and suicidal nihilism. May God be with us as we stupidly regress towards the anti-Christ of communism. Repent, America. Repent now, before it is too late. Once lost, freedom is exceedingly difficult to restore. It is God's gift. Show some gratitude!
May 29, 2025
Good. Some parts are R rated.
May 22, 2019
In the Acknowledgements section of the book, author Paul Kengor relates the tale of his son walking into his writing area & reading some of the pages on the desk. “What kind of psychopath book are you writing?” he asked. Kengor replied “A book about communism, that’s about as psychopath as you can get.”
Paul Kengor is an expert on socialism/communism, and has written several books and articles on the subject. In his work he has evaluated high school & college textbooks, and found them sorely lacking in the teaching of the horrors of communism, an economic and humanitarian failure that has caused an estimated 100 million deaths since the beginning of the last century. It is worth noting that the worst disease in modern history, the worldwide flu epidemic of 1918-19, took 10 million lives.
While the evils of Nazism are rightly emphasized, the evils of communism/socialism are barely mentioned. As Santayana correctly noted, this who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and Kengor does his best in this book to bring all the ugliness of this ideology to light.
From the sordid backgrounds of Marx & Engels, to those who carried out their murderous ideas, Kengor gives a thorough examination of how this ideology has failed every time it’s been tried.
The tales of how poorly women were treated in the newly formed USSR are quite disturbing, The author cites real-life examples from women who lived through the gulags, arrested for crimes (real or created) of their husbands. So much for Feminism or female autonomy. And In communist China women commit suicide at a much higher rate than in any other country in the world. Even at a higher rate (by 25-40%) than Chinese men.
North Korea, Cuba, China, Vietnam & Venezuela are also highlighted. It’s not that communism was applied incorrectly, it’s been applied *perfectly*. Even Marx & Engels conceded that this program would require despotism. The inalienable rights claimed in our Declaration of Independence are alien to communists; they are antithetical to Marxist-Leninist thought.
The fact that this is not being taught to our school children sets up the scenario where a large percentage of young adults think of socialism as some sort of fraternal, heart-warming organization, where everyone shares everything, and also a false understanding of the murderous despots who are the actual faces of communism. This can be seen in the misguided efforts of Bedford, VA, where there is a statue of Joseph Stalin at their D-Day memorial. Neither Stalin nor Soviet forces played any part in D-Day. Or in the Obama White House, where a shining ornament featuring the smiling mug of Chairman Mao “graced” the WH Christmas tree. (This would have been a huge laugh for Mao, as he hated Christianity, persecuted Christians, and did his best to wipe them out of China.)
There is also a large section detailing the efforts of the communist party in the US, where the Soviet tentacles have been reaching since 1918. Their goal of causing disunity and chaos in America is clearly documented.
In sum, Dr. Kengor has written a thorough exposé that everyone should understand. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
Paul Kengor is an expert on socialism/communism, and has written several books and articles on the subject. In his work he has evaluated high school & college textbooks, and found them sorely lacking in the teaching of the horrors of communism, an economic and humanitarian failure that has caused an estimated 100 million deaths since the beginning of the last century. It is worth noting that the worst disease in modern history, the worldwide flu epidemic of 1918-19, took 10 million lives.
While the evils of Nazism are rightly emphasized, the evils of communism/socialism are barely mentioned. As Santayana correctly noted, this who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and Kengor does his best in this book to bring all the ugliness of this ideology to light.
From the sordid backgrounds of Marx & Engels, to those who carried out their murderous ideas, Kengor gives a thorough examination of how this ideology has failed every time it’s been tried.
The tales of how poorly women were treated in the newly formed USSR are quite disturbing, The author cites real-life examples from women who lived through the gulags, arrested for crimes (real or created) of their husbands. So much for Feminism or female autonomy. And In communist China women commit suicide at a much higher rate than in any other country in the world. Even at a higher rate (by 25-40%) than Chinese men.
North Korea, Cuba, China, Vietnam & Venezuela are also highlighted. It’s not that communism was applied incorrectly, it’s been applied *perfectly*. Even Marx & Engels conceded that this program would require despotism. The inalienable rights claimed in our Declaration of Independence are alien to communists; they are antithetical to Marxist-Leninist thought.
The fact that this is not being taught to our school children sets up the scenario where a large percentage of young adults think of socialism as some sort of fraternal, heart-warming organization, where everyone shares everything, and also a false understanding of the murderous despots who are the actual faces of communism. This can be seen in the misguided efforts of Bedford, VA, where there is a statue of Joseph Stalin at their D-Day memorial. Neither Stalin nor Soviet forces played any part in D-Day. Or in the Obama White House, where a shining ornament featuring the smiling mug of Chairman Mao “graced” the WH Christmas tree. (This would have been a huge laugh for Mao, as he hated Christianity, persecuted Christians, and did his best to wipe them out of China.)
There is also a large section detailing the efforts of the communist party in the US, where the Soviet tentacles have been reaching since 1918. Their goal of causing disunity and chaos in America is clearly documented.
In sum, Dr. Kengor has written a thorough exposé that everyone should understand. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
March 2, 2023
The world needs a book that tells the truth about communism. A book capable of reaching the center and the left side of politics. This is not that book…
Although it's full of facts about communism that everyone should know, the anti-liberal, anti-atheist, anti-intellectuals, anti-science rhetoric that permeates the book spoils it for everyone but the religious right (the people that less needs it).
It's a small amount of great anti-communism facts diluted in demagogy.
Although it's full of facts about communism that everyone should know, the anti-liberal, anti-atheist, anti-intellectuals, anti-science rhetoric that permeates the book spoils it for everyone but the religious right (the people that less needs it).
It's a small amount of great anti-communism facts diluted in demagogy.
October 12, 2024
There are similar threads that run through all of Paul Kengor's work: a hatred of the evils of communism; an appreciation for a strong, Reagan-style conservatism; and a Roman Catholic moral sensibility - all informed by rigorous archival research. Exchanging the Catholic sensibilities for (I hope) a robust evangelical Protestantism, I share those convictions and have learned from Kengor's research skills.
But there's another thread that runs through this book as well as The Devil and Karl Marx , and subtly through other books: a bent to name-calling, dismissive rhetoric, and condescending tone. I find that exceptionally frustrating: the moral case against communism is so strong, and the need to persuasively change minds about present political trends and past historical revisionism so great, that no time can be wasted on self-indulging sophistry and sneering. Have the self control to present a calm, sober, well-researched (as all Kengor's works are) case against communism, something that might actually change minds - don't engage in condescending screeds. Even an ally like myself finds it wearing, and at times makes me question whether he's actually fairly presenting the evidence. Someone who's unpersuaded will never make it past the first chapter.
But there's another thread that runs through this book as well as The Devil and Karl Marx , and subtly through other books: a bent to name-calling, dismissive rhetoric, and condescending tone. I find that exceptionally frustrating: the moral case against communism is so strong, and the need to persuasively change minds about present political trends and past historical revisionism so great, that no time can be wasted on self-indulging sophistry and sneering. Have the self control to present a calm, sober, well-researched (as all Kengor's works are) case against communism, something that might actually change minds - don't engage in condescending screeds. Even an ally like myself finds it wearing, and at times makes me question whether he's actually fairly presenting the evidence. Someone who's unpersuaded will never make it past the first chapter.
October 4, 2022
As one who was raise under the cold war specter of Communism, I found the book disturbing in statements regarding the near total lack of knowledge in our current generations as well as that of our current crop of educators. Are our high school and college students required to read 1984 and Animal Farm anymore? Those two simple works were formative in my thinking about communist/socialist ideology and I feel they should be required reading on all our schools. If we forget our past, we are destined to repeat it's painful lessons.
With that said, I do feel that I need to say something about the snarky nature of the writing. Perhaps it was the audio version I listened to, narrated by John McLain, but the book had a very in your face, adversarial feel. Perhaps it was the author's intent in order to wake up the readers to the truths he was sharing, but there were times it felt a bit over the top. In spite of this, I found the book to be very insightful and unsettling, especially considering it was written in 2017 and a lot has transpired since then.
With that said, I do feel that I need to say something about the snarky nature of the writing. Perhaps it was the audio version I listened to, narrated by John McLain, but the book had a very in your face, adversarial feel. Perhaps it was the author's intent in order to wake up the readers to the truths he was sharing, but there were times it felt a bit over the top. In spite of this, I found the book to be very insightful and unsettling, especially considering it was written in 2017 and a lot has transpired since then.
September 20, 2025
The book by Paul Kengor that I wanted to read was, "Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has Sabotaged Family and Marriage." but it wasn't available through any of my libraries. I thought that part of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism" might cover that subject so I listened to it. It was a lot and took a lot longer for me to listen to than I thought it would. I just about threw in the towel a few times. I definitely had to take breaks and listen to or read more innocent / childlike material.
There's a lot of history presented that I was unfamiliar with (of course - I have a public school education). This book did make me repeatedly think of the warnings at Fatima because, in spite of our "winning the cold war" it sure seems like the ideas of Communism are alive and well as they have spread throughout the world.
The section on "educating for hate" in chapter 11 stood out to me. "'We must hate. Hatred is the basis for Communism,' [Lenin] told his education commissars."
There's a lot of history presented that I was unfamiliar with (of course - I have a public school education). This book did make me repeatedly think of the warnings at Fatima because, in spite of our "winning the cold war" it sure seems like the ideas of Communism are alive and well as they have spread throughout the world.
The section on "educating for hate" in chapter 11 stood out to me. "'We must hate. Hatred is the basis for Communism,' [Lenin] told his education commissars."
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November 21, 2020DNF
I just wanted to read an overall book about Communism. I read a book about Socialism, and I was like, but how are they different, because Marxism is gone over extensively in the socialism book but communism is a blip. So I guess I wanted what I got with Heaven On Earth, which is a "here is how communism as an idea got started and what countries adopted it" sort of thing. This book was NOT that.
I could have even handled the politically incorrect part, because I get it. Communism has killed a lot of people. (Hello, Stalin.) But this book is so scattered!!! It hops around all over the place and doesn't seem to have any organization at all. Maybe it's because I listened to this as an audiobook, but I just couldn't make any sense of it, though it was chock full of information that I wanted to know.
So I had to give up on it. Hopefully, I'll be able to find something else that suits my needs a little better.
I just wanted to read an overall book about Communism. I read a book about Socialism, and I was like, but how are they different, because Marxism is gone over extensively in the socialism book but communism is a blip. So I guess I wanted what I got with Heaven On Earth, which is a "here is how communism as an idea got started and what countries adopted it" sort of thing. This book was NOT that.
I could have even handled the politically incorrect part, because I get it. Communism has killed a lot of people. (Hello, Stalin.) But this book is so scattered!!! It hops around all over the place and doesn't seem to have any organization at all. Maybe it's because I listened to this as an audiobook, but I just couldn't make any sense of it, though it was chock full of information that I wanted to know.
So I had to give up on it. Hopefully, I'll be able to find something else that suits my needs a little better.
February 9, 2021
Paul Kengor has done an excellent job in describing the defeciencies associated with Communism. Kengor correctly points out how the educational establishment is enamored with the idea of Communism and in fact the practices instituted "removing the parents from the equation." Also the awareness that the educational apperatus can be used as a weapon to mold minds with flowery language and excluding topics not approved by the State. Far to many western students and citizens have forgotten the horrors and or have never set foot in a Communist country to experience the overwhelming oppressiveness of the State. Far to many believe they'll be on the "right" side of the State until it's too late.
December 26, 2021
I enjoyed the Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism by Kevin D. Williamson, so I knew this one would be worth the read, and it did not disappoint. Paul Kengor starts by recounting the 2015 prom theme at Cottonwood Classical Preparatory school in Albuquerque, New Mexico: “Prom-munism.” A legacy of over a hundred million dead victims! Could you imagine a Nazi-themed prom? If not, why is communism acceptable? It’s a question that shouldn’t even have to be asked. This is an excellent companion to the 1999 French scholars book, The Black Book of Communism, which documents the death toll of this ideology. Kengor has a punchy writing style, and provides many updates to the death count that we’ve learned since the Black Book was published, and believes that book undercounted the toll. He also fills in many absorbing and interesting details about communism in the United States and around the world.
It’s an engaging tour of the ideas behind communism, starting with the forerunners to Marx and Engles, on to the Russian Revolution and Lenin and Stalin, to Mao in China, Fidel in Cuba, The Frankfurt School, The Kims in North Korea, to communism in the USA today by profiling many organizations. Along the way, there are interesting quotes and book suggestions. If you are fascinated by the history of this movement, and why it still persists, this book is highly recommended.
It’s an engaging tour of the ideas behind communism, starting with the forerunners to Marx and Engles, on to the Russian Revolution and Lenin and Stalin, to Mao in China, Fidel in Cuba, The Frankfurt School, The Kims in North Korea, to communism in the USA today by profiling many organizations. Along the way, there are interesting quotes and book suggestions. If you are fascinated by the history of this movement, and why it still persists, this book is highly recommended.
September 21, 2020
Moderate / Centrist Thoughts
Bias Warning
The facts presented in this book are interpreted through an unapologetically conservative lens, I mean full on religious right, and at times it caused me to nearly stopped reading the book due to concerns about credibility.
Why Read It
If you are worried about a left leaning bias in academia how can you be sure to learn about communism without whitewashing? Read this book.
I also enjoyed its scope - it goes right into the 21st Century, here are some things I found interesting:
* If Marx was all about class struggle, why is the left all about race, gender and sexuality today?
* What about socialism? Is that any different to Communism?
* Russian Revolution. Che Guevara. Cuban Missile Crisis. Mao. Great Leap Forward. Pol Pot. Frankfurt School etc
EDIT: I have since also read "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism" which is a better book in a lot of ways, it is more academic, less biased and less polemical. It's actually worth reading both, they are different enough.
Note to Conservative Readers - Don't Demonise Atheists
Being an atheist tells you NOTHING about someone's position on anything except belief in a god or gods. This includes communism, and many atheists are just as aghast at the appalling history of communism as you are. Atheists can be right wing libertarian, left wing progressive or centrist moderates concerned about all extremism. They can even be highly religious - e.g. some branches of Buddhism.
Lumping them all together is like lumping together everyone who doesn't believe in astrology - ridiculous.
What the heck is an "Obscene Atheist Museum" anyway? How would it differ from a museum to "not collecting stamps"? What would be in it? It makes no sense but Paul constantly throws these sorts of comments around, potentially alienating many who are otherwise sympathetic with his concerns about communism.
Bias Warning
The facts presented in this book are interpreted through an unapologetically conservative lens, I mean full on religious right, and at times it caused me to nearly stopped reading the book due to concerns about credibility.
Why Read It
If you are worried about a left leaning bias in academia how can you be sure to learn about communism without whitewashing? Read this book.
I also enjoyed its scope - it goes right into the 21st Century, here are some things I found interesting:
* If Marx was all about class struggle, why is the left all about race, gender and sexuality today?
* What about socialism? Is that any different to Communism?
* Russian Revolution. Che Guevara. Cuban Missile Crisis. Mao. Great Leap Forward. Pol Pot. Frankfurt School etc
EDIT: I have since also read "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism" which is a better book in a lot of ways, it is more academic, less biased and less polemical. It's actually worth reading both, they are different enough.
Note to Conservative Readers - Don't Demonise Atheists
Being an atheist tells you NOTHING about someone's position on anything except belief in a god or gods. This includes communism, and many atheists are just as aghast at the appalling history of communism as you are. Atheists can be right wing libertarian, left wing progressive or centrist moderates concerned about all extremism. They can even be highly religious - e.g. some branches of Buddhism.
Lumping them all together is like lumping together everyone who doesn't believe in astrology - ridiculous.
What the heck is an "Obscene Atheist Museum" anyway? How would it differ from a museum to "not collecting stamps"? What would be in it? It makes no sense but Paul constantly throws these sorts of comments around, potentially alienating many who are otherwise sympathetic with his concerns about communism.
May 6, 2024
I gave this book a 5 because the subject matter is so important, and because it is better than a 4. It is more like a 4+ something as at times it feels to drag on a bit in later chapters. Overall, a well written expose on the hideous reality of communism/socialism that is a fool's gold of political theory. Learn our human history, then tell me your warm hearted leftist views of what the murderous beasts of history have done to innocents, in Russia, China, N Korea, Cambodia and elsewhere. God helps us.
October 31, 2021
Wow, there is so much that we just aren’t taught about communism! A must read for everyone. The bibliography is 47 pages long and a vast majority of the sources are liberal or from Harvard Press, Princeton Press, Lenin speeches or writings, Marx speeches or writings, Stalin speeches or writings, first person accounts, etc.
February 7, 2023
Did not finish.
Listened to a 1/3 of the audiobook narrated by John McLain, it was a horrible narration everything sounds like a trailer punchline.
There wasn't depth into the critique of communism, lots of one-liners and mocking of young people for idolising the ideology.
One of the main points the books make is the 100 million deaths from communism number cited from the french "black book of communism" which is described to be an inflated figure, here's a good read on this ( https://discomfiting.medium.com/debun.... )
Also having looked into why the book is titled the "politically incorrect guide" I found that it's a whole series of conservative books by Regnery Publishing pushing far-right ideals on every hot topic for paleoconservatives from Darwinism and science to the American civil war.
I'd like it if someone can point me in the direction of a well-researched and insightful book into critiquing communism as this is not it.
Listened to a 1/3 of the audiobook narrated by John McLain, it was a horrible narration everything sounds like a trailer punchline.
There wasn't depth into the critique of communism, lots of one-liners and mocking of young people for idolising the ideology.
One of the main points the books make is the 100 million deaths from communism number cited from the french "black book of communism" which is described to be an inflated figure, here's a good read on this ( https://discomfiting.medium.com/debun.... )
Also having looked into why the book is titled the "politically incorrect guide" I found that it's a whole series of conservative books by Regnery Publishing pushing far-right ideals on every hot topic for paleoconservatives from Darwinism and science to the American civil war.
I'd like it if someone can point me in the direction of a well-researched and insightful book into critiquing communism as this is not it.
December 2, 2018
Nobody teaches how many human beings the communist have killed in the XX Century.
The teachers, the media, the progressives... look the other way when we speak about the communists.
I hardly understand it, but it is the way it is. And we all leave them to get away with it.
The teachers, the media, the progressives... look the other way when we speak about the communists.
I hardly understand it, but it is the way it is. And we all leave them to get away with it.
September 24, 2020
Amazing! A full take down of communist nonsense. I don't know why I see young people supporting communist ideas. I guess they don't know their history.
The further reading material in here is interesting as well.
The further reading material in here is interesting as well.
June 8, 2021
I wish the author had done without the snarky tone. I get his frustration, but snark keeps one preaching to the choir and less to those who would really benefit. That said, read it to the end. Just the stuff about John Dewey and education history is worth the price of the book.
August 30, 2021
history, why repeat poor methods of government, why are extremists who kill people in mass a typical component of failed governments, please read about Che Guevara beliefs actions against the people of Cuba and people in general...support for raining nuclear terror on everyone.
December 23, 2023
The book is readable and fluent. However, it would have been better if this book had dealt more with the theory of Marxism itself rather than focusing so much on the historical facts of communism.
3.5/5
3.5/5
May 13, 2019
This book is must read. Critical thinking is rarer and rarer these days. The target audience is USA and it is focused on some political affairs of USA administration in the last parts of the book.
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