Is Communism Dead Yet?
Is Communism Dead Yet?
There are a handful of countries that are still considered
communist regimes. Yet communism doesn't really exist. These
countries are more like dictatorships with authoritarian type
leaders who operate under the very thin veil of non-existent
communism.
These groups or individual leaders that have near absolute power
cause great harm to their country's populace on a continual
basis.
Do you think there will be people who rejoice the day that
Castro is gone or the Chinese Communist Party finally collapses?
I think it is likely that there will be millions upon millions
who will celebrate.
Control is what is important to the leaders of these countries.
They feel that in order to maintain control they must stop
anyone with an alternative point of view. They cannot allow an
arena for open debate because they worry that debate may expose
their flaws. They will not allow freedom of expression or
freedom of belief.
In order to control, these regimes tend to use fear. Generally,
they create a culture of fear where people become afraid of
speaking up. This leads to less people speaking out or
complaining about anything. The environment of fear is amplified
or bolstered when people who do speak out are punished in one
way or another.
Take for example the Chinese Communist Party. They decided that
they just couldn't have those young college kids promoting
democracy on Tiananmen Square and decided to squash them with
tanks. This resulted in a lot of killing of the country's youth.
That was in 1989. Most Chinese people today will not say
anything bad about their government for fear of becoming a
target.
Many people in China are sent to labor camps. They can even be
sent there without having a trial. This is another level of
control that keeps the people in line and under the thumb of the
Party.
Despite all of this, there have been a record number of protests
in China in recent years. The Chinese Communist Party is
probably very worried.
This is what happens in the end. You can only have absolute
control for so long. The pent up frustrations of a nation cannot
be held at bay forever.
The Chinese Communist Party in particular has used some of the
most brutal tactics ever to maintain control over the Chinese
people, over the last several decades. In addition, they have no
qualms about crossing international boundaries to attack the
people they fear.
Yuan Li is a Falun Gong practitioner that lives in the city of
Atlanta in the USA. Some Asian men forced their way into his
house, tied him up and beat him. They took his laptop computers
upon leaving, but did not take any valuables. It is suspected
that the Chinese Communist Party's agents were responsible.
The CCP dislikes Falun Gong practitioners. In China, they are
often tortured and sometimes killed. When the overseas
practitioners let the world know what is happening, it angers
and frustrates the Chinese Communist Party.
Never be fooled by the Chinese Communist Party or by their
words. They care for only one thing, staying in power even if
that means crushing innocent people in the process.