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Easy Chair No. 161, January 15, 1988
R.J. Rushdoony and Otto Scott discuss communism, tracing its history from the 5th-century Mazdakite movement in Persia to modern Marxism in the Soviet Union, Red China, and beyond. They note communism’s appeal to intellectuals, elites, and opportunists who are drawn to power, influence, and social control rather than ideology, and its reliance on propaganda, education, and media to shape minds. Early communists, they explain, bought loyalty and infiltrated institutions to gain control, a tactic that continues in modern politics.
They highlight the pervasive influence of communist ideas in the…
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