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The rest of this book is just: bla bla bla Christian Propaganda bla bla bla American propaganda circle jerk bla bla bla.

And quite frankly I’m tired so I won’t be commenting on any of it anymore, I’m almost done with this. And I would just be repeating previous points I already covered extensively.

The “defenders of communism” chapter is just a bunch of quotes taken out of context so Skousen can drive home a narrative that is both untrue and manipulative to the reader

God finally this chapter is over

Finally this godforsaken chapter is done

Second part of the Cuba chapter.. oh boy just more and more lies

So many lies about Castro just sooo many shameless lies

(Explanation in the comments)

Finally this propaganda filled chapter is over.

I beg of you that whenever you are outraged by reading this. Stop and research this for yourself and take the historical context into consideration before casting your judgement and agreeing with Skousen.

Another chapter filled with propaganda..

“Remained Marxist in spite of us aid”
Yup and there you see the USA’s hidden agenda behind any “generosity” imperialism, profit and influence.

Alright chapter on ww2..

The USA is in no way “peace loving” they shouldn’t be part of the Un lol

Americans never “cheer for the underdog” Americans set out to destroy any “underdog” lol.
Stupid American propaganda bullshit. Every politician that threatened the American imperialism was killed through the cia or people with “ties” to the cia.

Nazism and communism don’t have anything in common. Nazism and communism are opposites. Anti racism is the very essence of communisms strive for equality while Nazism is inherently racism in nature and is opposed to any form of equality.

Skousen you absolute fucking dumbass.

Communists had nothing to do with the rise of Adolf Hitler. Don’t blame communists for Nazi Germany.

I’ve read this chapter. I don’t have anything to say really because to be honest I don’t know enough about this topic and I… I barely care about the USA

Christianity was in great support of slavery. So no the early Christian’s did not have communism. Since slavery is the direct opposite of communism. (This is in reference to the foot note an this page

There was no “Marxist attempt to overthrow the us specifically” you Americans are just soooo full of yourselves

Alright people I’m getting really tired of Skousen and dissecting everything he said so I’ll just write something at the end of every chapter (or when a quote really pisses me off I’ll write something about it)

“The crimes against humanity were on a scale comparable to the Nazi atrocities(..)”
No. What the actual fuck are you talking about Skousen you absolute idiot. This is the most blatant disrespect in this book yet. Not only to the soviets but also to all the Jews, homosexuals, disabled people and political prisoners that were gassed by the nazis.

While Lenin only got 25% of the votes, most votes went to another socialist revolutionary party.
So people in Russia DID want socialism. But Skousen is trying to convince you that they didn’t by conveniently leaving out that fact.

“So does the student might judge for himself” but Skousen dosent actually want you to judge for yourself. He wants you to agree with him. Something that he has shown in his deceptive and manipulative writing style time and time again.

This whole chapter is once again filled with what we came to expect of Skousen:
His absolute manipulative writing style. His attempts to write his opinions off as facts and his attempts to portray the Marxists as incapable idiots who went against what the working class wants.

The October manifesto doesn’t illustrate anything of what the people wanted, bust Skousen wants you to believe that Marxists went against the wishes of the working class.
It only illustrates the failed attempts of the tsar to soothe the ever growing unrest in the population.

Don’t educate me on what is and isn’t propaganda in your propaganda book Skousen.
The Bolsheviks were called that because they WERE the majority of that vote btw.

Once again Marxist “abolition of the family” is STRICTLY IN THE ECONOMIC SENSE

Just another instance of Skousen misinterpreting Marx

There is no “cynicism” in Marxist writing. Marxist writing is full of revolutionary optimism.

Yep as you guessed it: this is another attempt of Skousen to implement a negative bias. Skousen you manipulative capitalist pig.

No it’s not a “complete theoretical switch from Marx” since the essence of communism fighting against oppressive systems is still in tact on the instance of Russia.
Also “error of one of his prophecies” Marx was just a man not a prophet. Those weren’t prophecies those were assumptions he made.

“Communist often base their arguments in their interpretations of these events”
Skousen’s Manipulative phrasing. Tough talk coming from a man who presents his opinions on facts.

Now that I have talked about every fallacy Skousen has pointed out (most which were repetitions of previous points) I want to talk about both his writing style and the way he sturctured those chapters.

Lenin himself said they never reached true communism but only state Capitalism.
Any country that strived to be communist during the time of Skousen’s writing has seen immense progress both social and economical. Take the USSR and Cuba. Take into account what the socioeconomic landscape of those countries looked like before the revolution. Anyone can quickly see how Skousen’s whole argument falls flat.