https://www.investors.com/politics/...nciples-of-propaganda-to-consolidate-control/
Having attained power in late 1917 on a raft of promises — land to Russia's peasants, bread to Russia's starving cities and peace to Russia's World War I-weary soldiers.
A pattern emerged:
- Make lots of promises
- Media censorship
- Ended private property
- Forced the military to get in line by holding their families hostage
- A needed revolution or civil war to bring about communism
- Used the civil war from 1918 to 1921 to justify his acts by crisis
- Lenin swiftly altered and manipulated the meanings of words, intellectually disarming opponents. By controlling words, Lenin controlled perceptions of reality.
- Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
- Created government monopolies forcing anything private owned to be shut down.
- denouncing opponents, Lenin was obsessive, virulent and personal, calling them "bloodsuckers," "insects," "spiders," "leeches" and "vampires." The bourgeois was "ex-people."
- the most disturbing means of propaganda against Russia's mostly illiterate population was the use of example as part of a reign of terror. Public hangings and shootings served as well as any written material to force Russians into submission.
- To reinforce the Bolsheviks' monopoly of ideas, churches were targeted for destruction because Russian peasants believed what they heard there. Sacred objects were looted and saints' relics tossed into the dirt as priests were shot. Only hollow husks remained as reminders that the old faith was now dead.
- Blame Your Predecessor
Do we see any patterns emerging today in our own culture and political atmosphere?
- We see lots of promises including free healthcare, free tuition, no borders, better quality of life as we slow climate change, lgbt rights, women's rights that include abortion, etc.
- We see Conservative media censorship and propagation of liberal media, cheering for detestable entertainment, and cancel culture decides who is credible to have a voice.
- The Bernie Sanders/ New Democratic platform has blamed the wealthy for all the ills in America. Capitalism is bad, Socialism good.
- We have seen within government the use of indoctrination by theories like Critical race theory to reprogram our soldiers thinking
- Civil war is being feared within the States
- Riots created by far-left radicals and allowed by radical mayors have both candidates saying if you vote for me, the violence will stop. I for one believe one over the other.
- Manipulation of words. Gender now means fluent with 100+ different pronouns. Marriage is no longer defined as men and women. An unborn child is just a clump of cells. Calling opponents bigots, Bible thumpers, deplorable, etc
- Any crisis like a mass shooting, climate change or covid will be politicized to bring about favored policy
- Big Tech has created massive monopolies like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Google, Walmart, etc to the point where small businesses have a hard time competing. Especially if Big Tech or giant companies use foreign labor.
- We have not seen government killings but we are seeing ANTIFA and BLM mobs kill people.
- Radical Democrats are attacking, burning, and shutting down churches.
- And every political candidate will blame their predecessors