The following article discusses the similarity of tactics between the Democrat Party and Communist China in controlling political dissent. Wonder when we are going to gave our own Tiananmen Square, given the continuing escalation by Leftists against patriotic Trump supporters? From Fox News. Anyone remember them? Rep. Mark Green: Cancel culture eerily similar to Communist China playbook to control its people China seeks to shape its ideal citizen: don’t ask questions, disobey or think for yourself Censorship is something we’re used to seeing in China, but we should be shocked when we see signs of it in our own backyard. As authoritarian rule in China reaches new heights with the Chinese Communist Party’s implementation of a social credit system, the United States should do everything in its power to resist following the same path. China’s social credit system, designed to track every Chinese citizen’s social and economic behavior, is the CCP’s attempt at total control over its citizens’ lives. While the United States might not have an official social credit system, the radical left – through cancel culture and censorship of ideas – has created something that’s eerily similar. Totalitarians of the past kept their lists of dissidents in paper files, but the CCP keeps records on all citizens digitized, complete with facial recognition, biometric material and intensive data tracking. More than threats of physical force or imprisonment, China’s social credit system uses social shaming and ostracization to ensure total control of citizens. Anything from jaywalking, traffic violations, smoking in a non-smoking area, missing a payment or disturbing neighbors is used to determine one’s social credit score. "Bad" behavior lowers a person’s score and can make it difficult for them to buy, sell, travel, get loans or send their children to college. "Very bad" behavior, such as political dissent, can get someone and their family members blacklisted, making it difficult for them to function in society. China’s social credit system is about power and conformity. It’s an attempt to shape citizens into the CCP’s ideal subject: don’t ask questions, disobey or think for yourself. It’s easy to look at China’s repressive regime and think that it could never happen here. Yet after hearing demands from the far left to silence conservative voices, and after watching big tech and big business band together to deplatform conservatives, I’m beginning to think America could be like a frog boiling slowly in a pot. What are the signs that the U.S. has its own social credit system? What else do you call it when a Democrat senator demands Republicans be put on a no-fly-list for how they voted, or when an editor is forced to resign for allowing a Republican to publish an opinion piece in the editorial section of his newspaper? Big tech has increased its censorship of those they disagree with as well. Before the election, Twitter suppressed the New York Post’s story on Hunter Biden, YouTube removed two videos from a Senate hearing about COVID treatments, and in another instance, Google blocked ads from a legal group against court packing. Then Amazon, Apple and Google exercised their monopoly power to deplatform Parler, the biggest conservative alternative to Twitter. And this is just the beginning of the left’s activity to silence dissent. A PBS lawyer was caught on camera calling for reeducation camps for the kids of conservatives, and numerous political pundits have called for cable companies to deplatform Fox News. The push by the left to censor viewpoints that do not conform with liberal orthodoxy is dangerous and antithetical to the freedom of speech and free exchange of ideas our country holds dear. Regulating the thoughts of citizens is something that has, until recently, been left for repressive regimes that want subjects, not citizens. Cancel culture in the U.S. might not be as far advanced as China’s social credit system, but it has a similar aim – ensuring conformity to one ideology. Unlike moderate liberals of earlier days, today’s woke radical leftists won't be satisfied until there is one party rule in America and every dissenting voice is silenced. China has married economic and social standing with the political approval of the CCP. In its own way, cancel culture is doing the same thing in our country today. Demanding total submission to one orthodox view is not freedom, nor is conformity true unity. Intolerance of opposing ideas will only lead to resentment, not agreement. Threatening to crush a person’s career, demonetize them or ostracize them from the public square might scare people into silence, but it will not convince them. It’s time to stand up for freedom – we have no time to waste. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cancel-culture-similar-communist-china-playbook-rep-mark-green
And yet Trump got more votes than Obama could ever dream. Only when they discovered that no one was turning out for Biden did the cheaters arrive with the boxes of fake votes. Cheating like this is ok in the eyes of Leftists. They approve of it so long as OrangeManBad goes away. This is what leftists think of America.
Obama got what Trump could only dream of,2 terms,2 popular vote wins and an approval rating above 50%
There is no way almost any Democrat ever gets elected into a political position nowadays that truly represents the informed consent of voters. Democrats can only win elections through deceit or even fraud, it seems. This is why media bias, big tech bias, and pollster bias is so dangerous. When politicians gain office through manipulation and not merit, we will all suffer. Sooner or later, including, ultimately, the Democrat base.
Yet The FBI,Attorney General,60+ court cases and a million dollar reward from the Trump supporting LT Governer of Texas couldn't prove that.
The only reason republicans are competitive in national elections is because of The EC that heavily favor republicans,House gerrymandering that heavily favors republicans and a Senate with equal Dem and GOP Senators but The Dem Senators represent 40 million more people than the republican Senators.
The manipulation of public perception by Leftists started in earnest the 1960s. This can be seen increasingly in sitcoms from that era and onward. American culture was stronger back then, making Leftist attempt at changing perceptions difficult. However, the Leftists discovered an effective way to implant ideas into people’s heads was through jokes. Hence the entertainment industry was targeted because of its sitcoms and comedians. However, to really make an impact, the Leftists needed to have credible influencers. As such, universities were targeted, especially journalism and legal areas of study. Fast forward to today, we see a large number Journalists, comedians, (Now almost the same thing?), and attorneys fully indoctrinated in a Leftist belief system without them being aware of it. Combining continuing reinforcement through the media, including paid social media posters, ensures most of those so indoctrinated never discover they’ve been misled by the Left. For the few who figure out they have been misled by Leftist ideology and become outspoken about it, they are summarily attacked by the Leftist machine under real threat of losing their livelihood. We have seen this with actors, attorneys, and news reporters/commentators. Further, large political donors are targeted, spied on through their own electronic devices, and are setup in a compromising situation that forces a concession out of them in some way. This concession invariably reduces the target’s political freedom. The list of victims who have lost their livelihoods or suffered from another Leftist induced setback is long. Perhaps someone should compile said list to remind us of the full extent of harm the Left has caused those who expressed different political beliefs than are considered “Acceptable” by them. The US was founded upon the principle, among other things, of people being allowed to express their beliefs that were not immediately harmful upon others. The definition of what is harmful seems to change regularly, depending on Leftist needs at the time, while those on the Right tend to take a more hands off approach, consistent with the principles upon the United States was founded on, which, again, was basically letting people do their own thing. This approach by many Conservatives left us to vulnerable to systemic attacks by the Left, which brings us to our current crisis of division and polarity. Hopefully those who hold executive political power will see the light and take appropriate steps to ensure the intellectual foundations upon which the United States will be restored. By the way tony, what do you do for a living again?