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Pressure from below and the ANTIFA movement
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Pressure from below and the ANTIFA movement


Jun 1, 2020, 1:26 PM

In 1948, Czechoslovakia transitioned from a parliamentarian democracy to an oppressive communist state. A few years later, Jan Kozak, a member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee and the Czechoslovakian Communist Party historian, wrote a Communist strategy paper titled "How Parliament Can Play a Revolutionary Part in the Transition to Socialism and The Role of the Popular Masses." Kozak's paper described how the Communists successfully subverted the Czechoslovak democratic Parliamentary system into a socialist communist state. Equal parts history and Communist subversive handbook, Kozak's tome would later be published as the book "And Not a Shot is Fired" in 1961.

So how did Kozak and his fellow Czech Communist travelers manage to turn a capitalist democratic society into a totalitarian Communist slave state? Simple - have the people choose enslavement rather than have soldiers and police officers force it on them. If the people can be conned into accepting slavery, resistance has already disappeared.

Kozak’s technique called for "pressure from below" aided simultaneously by "pressure from above". Pressure from below came from organized mobs demanding government programs to address real or concocted problems. These mobs were financed by wealthy individuals (either openly or covertly) who were allies of leftist parliamentarians. Some of the financiers thought they could buy their way into the mostly secretive inner circle. Most of them were swiftly done away with.

The pressure from below mobs were provided professional crowd organizers trained by communists with money to finance the street demonstrators who were almost entirely young people. A few communists in the national parliament saw to it that whatever problems were being emphasized to stimulate demonstrations and riots would be addressed by legislation promising to restore peace. But the legislation ALWAYS increased government power.

Excessive pressure from below set the stage for parliamentary responses. Even solid anti-Communist legislators found themselves forced to accept the goals of their adversaries — all in the name of restoring order. Soon, takeovers of the military and police were accomplished legally and the all-encompassing goals of those who followed and implemented Kozak’s plan had been achieved. Czechoslovakia became a satellite of Moscow without a shot being fired (thus the title of the book "And Not a Shot is Fired"). Revolutionary parliamentarianism had worked its magic, and freedom disappeared.

With that history in mind, is it possible that ANTIFA is a pressure from below organization/operation? ANTIFA is a grouping of violent radicalized elements who are organized and well funded whose purpose is to cause destruction, sow division and inflame hatred throughout the country. These radicals are trained to subvert a peaceful protest and turn it into a frenzy of violence and anarchy. Their method of attack is to find highly emotional and agitated people, with real grievances and exploit their anger by subverting a legitimate peaceful protest into the ugly spectacle we are seeing.

The ANTIFA radicals themselves are cause agnostic - they will gather and riot just as violently outside of a G12 summit as they will a gay pride parade or a civil rights protest. ANTIFA are essentially anarchists with Marxist sympathies who want to burn the whole capitalist system down and will use any cause as an excuse to do so. They meet the classic definition of the "useful idiot" for globalist and Marxist financiers who are all too willing to exploit their street level antics in order to accomplish much bigger revolutionary and political objectives as part of the more intellectually driven pressure from above campaign.

If we follow Kozak's model, and ANTIFA is a pressure from below organization, there will be a corresponding pressure from above campaign whose ultimate purpose is but one thing - increased Government control and power. In a pressure from above campaign, we can expect to hear from the intellectual side of the power equation - Politicians, "Journalists", all manner of talking heads and celebrities. To be sure the power from above fellow travelers will condemn the ANTIFA violence and property destruction but will embrace the ANTIFA message; the USA is a corrupt, racist capitalist society whose founding is illegitimate and must be destroyed. Most will subscribe to Howard Zinn's dismal view of American history. The pressure from above will demand major societal changes by way of Government. We can expect to hear the pressure from above campaign to couch their agenda through slogans that incorporate language such as "fundamentally change America" or "fundamentally transform America". The language may sound like innocuous milquetoast political speech but the agenda behind it will be far from innocuous. Especially when one considers that fundamentally changing America requires fundamentally changing/transforming our founding principles and document - the Constitution. Remember - pressure from above campaigns always result in one thing - more concentration of Government power that is ultimately taken from the people's freedom.

So... are we in the midst of a pressure from below and pressure from above campaign? If we are, will we choose the same path to more Government control as the Czech people did in 1948 or will we see individual liberty as the guiding light to lead us to a better society? I guess time will tell....

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I think you just might be on to something there.***


Jun 1, 2020, 1:35 PM



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But


Jun 1, 2020, 2:16 PM

To be sure the power from above fellow travelers will condemn the ANTIFA violence and property destruction

Actually they aren’t condemning, they are posting their bail.

While claiming the destruction “might” be the cause of “white supremacists,” the blue checkmark media, celebs, Sleepy Joe Biden’s staff, etc. are donating money for their bail. It’s pretty clear they know they aren’t white supremacists.

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Unfortunately as with the Czechs once the majority realize it’s happening it


Jun 1, 2020, 1:36 PM

will be too late.

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Y'all see antifa everywhere just like the left sees white supremacists***


Jun 1, 2020, 1:44 PM



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Re: Y'all see antifa everywhere just like the left sees white supremacists***


Jun 1, 2020, 2:18 PM

Antifa and the angry white Bernie Bros that said they would burn the cities down if he didn’t get the nomination.
It’s all a red herring.

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TLDR: Communism is BAD, mmm-kay?***


Jun 1, 2020, 2:12 PM



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Re: Pressure from below and the ANTIFA movement


Jun 1, 2020, 3:08 PM

Lets hope the masses are paying attention, but I doubt they will take the time. Much easier to watch the liberal fake news and fall prey to "group think.

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Wow, don’t see much John Birch Society stuff on


Jun 1, 2020, 4:36 PM

Tnet. Oh well, here we go again.

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So, in the nearly 60 years since


Jun 1, 2020, 4:43 PM

Communist takeover for dummies was published, the best our commies can come up with is antifa?! Antifa - basically COOTS that have been retrained to throw water bottles at blue things instead of orange things. Good job, American commies, you're making real progress!

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We must have a National divorce


Jun 1, 2020, 7:59 PM

Liberty will not survive if todays leftist have any power or influence on government or the culture.

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Anarchy USA


Jun 1, 2020, 8:27 PM

https://www.c-span.org/video/?420311-1/anarchy-usa

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