To take over a country with a violent revolution one must understand people need a reason to sign on. If people are happy with the economy and policies of the government they won’t feel the need to revolt. What is a socialist to do?
Create the reason yourself; screw up the economy by infiltrating the government. Then lead a revolution against that same government.
The giant fascists who want a violent socialist revolution in the United States manifested the Neo-Con movement by spreading economic fallacies. They even had a catchy name for it: Trickle Down Economics. WHAT?!? How could that be? The answer lies in psychological manipulation. Keep in mind the Founding Father of the Neo-Cons was Irving Kristol. He wrote extensively on a lassaiz-faire economic policies and pronounced his love of capitalism. As a university student Irving Kristol was a socialist. He was a member of the New York Intellectuals and a Trotskyist. Wikipedia
An unregulated capitalist system will fall. Benjamin Franklin knew this as did Irving Kristol and his gods. The desired backlash of Violent Socialist Revolution hasn’t materialized. But hints of the backlash have. The economic disparity in the US has driven many of it’s citizens to seriously consider socialism as a viable alternative. People fed up with a poor standard of living are easy prey to socialist, populist lies. Selling idealists on false hopes of a better quality of life in exchange for their freedom and collective self determination is the modus operandi of 20th century Marxists.
People figured this out and there was a revolution inside the Republican party against the neo con faction. What is a socialist to do?
Create the internal revolution yourself.
This revolution was figure headed by President for life hopeful Donald Trump – the “anti neo con.” Why did Trump deregulate mid sized banks which then fell? (CNN). Why did Elon Musk and his DOGE cut the number of IRS employees who make sure people pay their taxes? The IRS collects $12 in unpaid taxes for every $1 it spends (NPR). Why fire government employees en masse? These people have families, bills, mortgages and spend the money they earn. Spending money boosts the economy; adding unemployed people does not. Why impose tariffs on nations, particularly those who are allies, when inflation is still a problem (BBC).
Katsura Taro (4 January 1848 – 10 October 1913) was an Imperial Army General and Prime Minister of Japan. He was born into a Samurai family and took part in the Boshin War of 1868 that restored the Meiji Dynasty.
Showing great potential as a military leader the Meiji government sent Katsura to Germany as a military attache. After two terms he was promoted to Major General and became the Vice Minister of War. He led a division in the First Sino-Japanese War and received the title of shishaku (viscount).
As Prime Minister he oversaw the alliance with Great Britain during the Japanese Russo War that elevated Japan to the status of a world power. The peace treaty (Treaty of Portsmouth) was not popular with the Japanese public. Although Japan was able to annex Korea and gained mining and port concessions in southern China, the people felt the government should not have signed due to the string of Japanese victories. It caused the downfall of Katsura’s government.
His second appointment of Prime Minister was also unpopular. The country invested in military development it could barely afford. Many felt Katsura elevated the interests of the military over the citizenry. He again resigned and received an appointment of kōshaku (prince).
Katsura’s third appointment lasted 2 months. Riots began in Japan by people believing his reception of the post was an effort by the genro (royalty) to end the Meiji Constitutional government. He died of stomach cancer 8 months later.
Irving Kristol (January 22, 1920 – September 18, 2009) was an American journalist considered the brain father of neo-conservatism. He received a BA in History from the City College of New York where he was a member of the Young People’s Socialist League, later as the New York Intellectuals, as a Trotskyist. He was also associated with the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an anti-Communist CIA organization active in 35 countries.
A wise man once told me “If I want you to go to the left, I will shove you as hard as I can to the right, then you will overcompensate.”
The Neo Con movement began with a political defection from the left to the Republican Party by those who were disaffected by the anti-Vietnam movement and political radicalism. The movement emphasized traditional religious values and dangerously unregulated economic policies with catchy names like “trickle down.”
Kristol died of lung cancer in 2009.