2010
November 24
Who is
Antonio Gramsci [Wikipedia]
and what is his connection to the American Left? An Italian
Communist philosopher, Gramsci’s theories have stealthily been
incorporated into our culture for at least 50 years. You may have
never heard of him, but you would certainly recognize his ideas
taking place in
America, and in the White House of both President
Clinton and President Obama. Gramsci believed that the way to
incorporate Marxism in capitalist societies was best achieved from
the bottom up by stealthily changing the beliefs of the culture
itself, called “cultural
hegemony.”
Cultural hegemony
involves softening, or radicalizing, the culture’s beliefs about
various social issues, such as homosexuality, marriage,
education,
women’s issues, religion,
divorce, pornography,
media, abortion, and established political parties. The idea is to
move everything to the left so that eventually new norms are rooted
into society.
An
excellent
documentary called “Agenda:
Grinding America Down” explains how the strategy has been
accomplished so far. Our basic institutions have been so permeated
with Marxist ideology by intellectual leaders that “their rules”
have insidiously become the accepted rules of thought. Starting
with public education, then the media, the churches, and so on,
Gramsci knew that eventually the society would accept a new
definition of morality and justice. Once that was accomplished it
would be much easier to destroy the capitalist infrastructure and
the established political parties, and thereby transform them into a
new Marxist reality.
Politically
correct language would take root and eventually politically correct
ideas, without ever divulging the philosophy behind them. Their
organizations and think tanks would never use words related to
Socialism, Marxism, or Communism. Instead words such as universal
healthcare,
reproductive rights, and
community organizing
would replace words such as socialized medicine, abortion, and
Communism.
When you consider
what is happening in the public school
system today it is apparent that Gramscian strategies
have been incorporated for years without us ever realizing what was
going on. Textbooks, teachers’ unions, left-leaning churches,
the women’s movement, and prominent intellectuals have all
infiltrated our traditional value system and replaced it with a
leftist mentality that negates the individual in favor of the global
good. This explains the prominence of environmental policies, hate
speech laws, corporate blackmail being perpetrated by organizations
such as
ACORN, and government
agencies taking political correctness to the extreme of endangering
our national
security.
Who influenced
Saul Alinsky? Most likely
his strategies were also based on the Gramscian philosophy of
cultural hegemony. When you study
Barack Obama’s influence of Saul
Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals,” you will see the many
characteristics of Antonio Gramsci’s influence on both of their
lives. Many of
Clinton’s policies reflected
Gramsci’s tactics as well. None of this has happened over night.
All of this has
been further facilitated by the media and popular culture. As
Gramscian tactics have been stealthily inserted into the culture,
the media has adopted these values and influenced each generation.
It is imperative that we continue to fight these influences and
recognize what is happening in our schools, churches, and
government. If we continue to allow them to re-define who we are and
what we stand for, we will forever be enslaved by this madness.
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/11/24/communist-antonio-gramsci-resides-in-the-white-house/
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