When America Feared A Communist Takeover

[@oatmeeru]

"Communism is bad." *says Tyler as Soviet national anthem blasts proudly in the background*

[@majorgeneraljohnson8212]

Omecats he’s being Equal

[@spade3779]

Equality is commie think. Not racial equality that’s fine. (Don’t worry I’m not a libtard)

[@TheDixieDerg]

I did notice that.

[@bruhmomentmaker4979]

@@spade3779 but you're a slav *COMMIE*

[@spade3779]

Commies aren’t Slavs they’re demons

[@hydrogenone6866]

Want to hear a Joke At one of USSR's bread lines during the Perestroika, a man in the crowd is mumbling to himself. "No bread, no milk, no meat, what a shame". Two policemen walking the beat hearing his mumbling walk up to him, and say: "Citizen, if you said that 40 years ago you'd be shot, so just shut up and stand in line like everybody else" As the policemen leave, the man turns back to the crowd and says: "Not only we don't have bread or milk, but I was just told we ran out of bullets too."

[@HaloFTW55]

Of course it sucks. It’s Perestroika, where the economy is dead and worst.

[@hotdog3392]

I don't get it

[@hotdog3392]

@@silentfilms7459 ohhhhhh lol

[@droddfellow3926]

Lmfao! Good one

[@gusparovsky1411]

Whenever I am thinking of plenty ammo supply it's got me feels, man.

[@JustinY.]

*LIBERTY PRIME ONLINE*

[@codekillerz5392]

Justin Y. M EARLY

[@traviselzinga4892]

COMMUNIST THERAT DETECTED

[@maturegambino9476]

Thank you Justin

[@rogaldorn8394]

Oh no it’s you

[@CrazyWeeMonkey]

*DEMOCRACY IS NON NEGOTIABLE*

[@frankthetank1555]

Not being political but the Soviet National Anthem just sounds great!

[@aydynfam]

Not to sound crude, but Soviets/Russians seem to know how to make good music

[@matheuspinho4987]

It might be because it's based in the old Emperial Russian Anthem... Just saying...

[@fahoodie1852]

Matheus Martinez Pinho it’s based on a happy song made by Alexander alexandrov or something

[@WatcherCobalt]

Listen to the Red Alert Red Army theme. That is some BOMB ASS STUFF

[@Nicholaskgaming]

I hate communism and the Soviet Union but bro these evil empires be kicken with the national anthems.

[@joshuasingletary9703]

I heard that USSR Anthem towards the end Don’t think you can get away with that

[@ocyra2590]

Someone will be at you're house tonight... comrade

[@jhoughjr1]

It’s a good song though.

[@lisa-lr8dh]

Loaded Taco Yup, looks like we're on the FBI watchlist now.

[@lako5118]

The NKVD is coming for ya

[@thespyfromtf2133]

*FBI and KGB breaks through doors into the same room, looks at each other confusingly*

[@nothisispatrick4644]

**Karl marx blows the wall with a tank and enters** DID SOMEBODY SAY *COMMUNISM?*

[@theuniversedoesntcare]

No this is Patrick Yay!

[@uncleubi9008]

No this is Patrick Even better. It is someone advocating communism and the kool aid man with the hammer amd sickle on him crashes through the wall yells OH YEAH

[@Maxcraft12]

Seize the memes of production

[@Dark-yd9rz]

No this is Patrick weeb

[@nefhelimwhat609]

No this is Patrick are you a fellow communist?

[@shaqcepticeye6520]

McCarthy was basically a 1950s Alex Jones. lol

[@CaptainSnuggleButt]

I don't like them putting chemicals in the water that turn the freaking frogs communist!

[@hobo8420]

remember when everyone was laughing at alex jones for saying the frogs are turning gay. Well berkeley did a study on it news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/ www.wakingtimes.com/2016/05/06/biologist-targeted-for-exposing-the/ www.naturalnews.com/2017-01-16-alex-jones-is-right-atrazine-pesticide-proven-to-be-a-powerful-chemical-castrator-that-turns-male-frogs-into-homosexuals-see-the-science.html it has been banned for a long time in europe and abroad but why not in america? neither party has put forth a bill to outlaw this chem thats turning frogs into traps.

[@Shinyarc]

Hrishi Tiwari Huh, neat

[@hobo8420]

no problemo

[@Shinyarc]

Hrishi Tiwari I still don’t like Alex Jones, saying one true thing doesn’t make up for many false ones

[@germanicus8342]

Actually, we'd after to go even further back. See, in the 1860's, when the USA found itself emashed in a civil war, there existed a concern that other nations would interfere in out politics, most importantally in preference to the CSA. See, Russia was one of those powers at the time that not-so secretally supported the USA, including welcoming their navy to be in our habors. This connection was so important to the Unuin cuase that the US Secreatary of War, Gideon Welles, went so far as to say: "God Bless the Russians" This fealing did not end when the US civil war ended, as seen by a 1871 US dipmatic mission by Olivier Wendel Homes to Russia, commented: Bleak are our shores with the blasts of December, Fettered and chill is the rivulet’s flow; Thrilling and warm are the hearts that remember Who was our friend when the world was our foe. Fires of the North in eternal communion, Blend your broad flashes with evening’s bright star; God bless the Empire that loves the Great Union Strength to her people! Long life to the Czar! " This bonds whould coninue to grow, parually from mutual admiration, bolsterd by concerns for the same great powers (France & G.B), that me these countries so close together. The Tsars were known to have positive fealings for the US. These dealings lead to sale of Alaska in 1867, only a few years following the end of the civil war. The paths seem to be have parralles also, as the reforms brought on by the Russian Empire gave additional fredoms to the serfs starting in 1861, the same time anti-slavory ferver had brought the Abolioshonist, 'radical-Republican', Lincoln to be sworn in as the 16th President of the United States. This is why the scare in 1917 had such a effect on the US, as if Russia could fall to such a revolution, not only did the US stand lose such a close and stowerd friend, it was also forbodin, as it was possible for such a revoluton could happen here also. It didn not hep when some people with the 'soviet' doctrine sought to spread the idea though reolvutions overthrowing goverments allover the world, including the USA. The possibility seemed all to real for some, which brought some to demand constant vigilence stand, less the US should fall to subversives from within. Though out US history, from 1917 on, anytime a reform was not liked it was tearmed as 'socialism". FDR's New Deal was branded by some in that light, even though it sought to give work to people with WPA, restore faith in the banks with FDIC providing backing to citizesn should moeny held in the banks fail, and Social Secruity. Many of these changes have long been seen as part of the bredrock of the USA, but at the time were seen by some concervatives as being bad and anti-buisness. These same concerns continue to this day. New terms have been used to refer to the politics, to avoid the problamatic risk of being tar-and feathered with anytierm that could relate to 'socialism' or communisim. Sure, we are not running scared of the picibility their could be a socalist somplace, pushing for revolution, but the concern exist all the same, making any word connected to it to be deamed in a varry negitive light, akin to calling somone a 'Nazi', though on the other wise of the political spectrum.

[@donrutter6550]

Nazis were also a dictatorship and have always been next to Marxism on the left of the political spectrum. Just because recently academia has lied and changed the history of Nazi Germany to make it "right wing" does not make it fact. The real facts are this ; Dictatorships are increased power governments (left wing), and by definition, limited power governments (right wing) never have dictators.

[@mikewazowski471]

@@donrutter6550 th.. that is so wrong... n.. nothing about what you just said is true.. at all... dictatorship isnt a political stance and.. and.. what the fuck? Where are the quotes? Any research done? I want to see sources pal cause the shit you spewed just made my head cave in

[@emptypoofy9231]

@Hub Erus its bad

[@kimobrien.]

@@donrutter6550 NAZI's were financed and empowered by German big business. Hitler was never elected. Communist deputies and some Social Democrats were denied their seats in the Reichstag when a vote was taken to allow Hitler to rule by decree. All the Social Democrats voted "No!" Conservatives and NAZI's voted "Yes!" The enabling act was passed.

[@stratospheric37]

@@donrutter6550 😃

[@Koroistro]

"The more the government does the communister it is" -Carlos Marcos, after eating too many gummy soviet bears.

[@JustinY.]

*Communist comment*

[@thesteadfastduelist6258]

*HE'S HERE!!!*

[@lieutenantpliskin]

Justin Y. *ThReAt SpOtTeD

[@tony.2902]

Justin Y. No

[@Morec0]

Commun*i*st Com*me*nt? Commun*our*st Com*we*nt.

[@codyhernandez791]

Communist ninja!

[@setojurai]

Joe McCarthy: "ALL THESE UPVOTES ARE COMMIES! DOWNVOTES TOO! ALLL COOOOOOMIEEEEES!!!" *inarticulate McCarthy Noises*

[@dave2885]

COOOMMMIIIEEE COOOOOMMMMIIIIEEE REEEEE3

[@declannewton2556]

Da Ve I know where that is from.

[@citizenfoffie7605]

but i am a commie

[@dave2885]

CitizenFoffie reeeeeeee

[@imgvillasrc1608]

Ironically, McCarthy acts like a reversed SJW...

[@AdallynD]

American Kids during the Cold War: The Commies are terrible! They're ruining America! American Kids in 2019: WE NEED COMMUNISM **Soviet Anthem plays in the background**

[@evanazbell]

I’ve never met someone my age or anyone younger saying we need communism or even open to the idea of it.

[@AdallynD]

@@evanazbell Then you do not know the *_memes_*

[@evanazbell]

Lonely Bread I mean people saying that unironically.

[@AdallynD]

@@evanazbell kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqKlXniDptWmi6M

[@evanazbell]

Lonely Bread i wouldn’t call that kid being mentally ill a meme, on top of that quit liking your own comments.

[@nestoons4539]

Tomorrow school restarts, man I wish you were my history teacher.

[@Padre619]

A Person it starts tomorrow for me too, good it's gonna suck

[@flymd4234]

@@Padre619 Me too!

[@aegonii8471]

Wow you’re lucky school started 2 weeks ago for me.

[@theemiester4090]

I have another 2 weeks of summer

[@Padre619]

Sir Devil it feels just normal for me, hopefully the 1st week I don't get homework because my birthday's in 3 weeks and I'd like to be less stressed out and having the days feel shorter, also I'm probably going to get a bunch of military surplus and I'm going paintballing for the first time in my life

[@eggdrasilwarthog6507]

One thing that you have got to give the Soviets, they had an amazing anthem

[@merrittanimation7721]

That is true

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

Burn, damn you, BURN! No Commies on my soil!

[@darkamagumo716]

@@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 it ain't yours it's the government's

[@nate4087]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

I'm part of a large group known as Capitalists. We say, 'screw you, we have the many, therefor we hold the gun, as such we call the shots.' We mostly just bully poor people and take what little they have in taxes while bribing the various governments we live under to lower taxes against us. Another day, another thousand Dollars.

[@jacobmartin8332]

This is to all of you who keep on making fun of history: Jokes about Communism aren’t funny unless EVERYONE gets them.

[@bruhSaintJohn]

The Zesty Potato. Are you going to make sure everyone laughs?

[@Fulllife3.2]

It's a joke on about how everyone is equal according to communism.

[@bento5681]

Ho L Lll U Y A O S D G I V L M H Y M A E Om F A G Im T T H E R E D A R W H W R E P K E A S E H E L P

[@rotorhead4757]

*Soviet National Anthem intensifies

[@redflagrevolutionary6549]

And they do...

[@sudonim7552]

Senator McCarthy would fit right into a KZbin comment section.

[@Cwpeters]

He really was a modern democrat. He called everyone he didn’t like a communist, and if someone called him out for that, he’d call them a communist. Nowadays democrats do the same thing with calling everyone racism, sexist, or white supremacists.

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

CW Peters Wait, the first half of your comment was talking about the *old* Democrats ? Those against the Civil Rights ? That’d make more sense

[@mirthless5603]

@@nicholasleclerc1583 read the rest

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Mr. Bones The Second No, wait : Democrats these days might as well support antifa, which are communists I mean, they’re on the *MODERN Left* ; so much so that they alienate everyone to the alt-Right by calling them racists; and so they’d never call their ennemies Communists, which they’re closer to then these “alt-Righters”... I just don’t get it...

[@mirthless5603]

@@nicholasleclerc1583 he's basically pointing out the fact that,if you dont agree with their ideals,modern Democrats [usually feminists] will call you something,like a racist. Generally,McCarthy was quick to call you a communist if you didn't agree with him. But,communists are,and have been,considered far left.

[@f.b.ithesecond5013]

Soviet:*move Usa:JEEZUSFUCKINGCHORIST.

[@TheRealLifeRobert]

“Im Hungry” - Karl Marx

[@richardbautista9825]

Ct_DRCarpenter *Hungary*

[@ByWho-js5bq]

Is communist Hungary Starvaring

[@Aztlan632]

@@ByWho-js5bq um hes talking about starving not hungary

[@michalmalak13]

"Im Hungry" -Adam Smith

[@lefttwixasmr7144]

Hi hungry I’m dad

[@morethan30characters20]

“Communism is bad” he says with the Soviet national anthem playing in the background

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

The Canadian Brit You can like how a song sounds, but not its message I mean, that’s what we weebs do with anime songs ; P

[@hauntologicalwittgensteini2542]

 Dictionary Thesaurus Grammar  British & World English irony Main definitions of irony in English : irony1irony2 irony1 NOUNironies mass noun 1The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. ‘‘Don't go overboard with the gratitude,’ he rejoined with heavy irony’ More example sentences Synonyms 1.1A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result. ‘the irony is that I thought he could help me’ count noun ‘one of life's little ironies’ More example sentences Synonyms 1.2A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. More example sentences Origin Early 16th century (also denoting Socratic irony): via Latin from Greek eirōneia ‘simulated ignorance’, from eirōn ‘dissembler’. Pronunciation irony /ˈʌɪrəni/ Main definitions of irony in English : irony1irony2

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

I disagree with socialism as a whole but communists (at least the Russian ones) made one of the best anthems of all time

[@Raptor810Blue]

stolen

[@morethan30characters20]

@@Raptor810Blue must have seen a similar comment too mine, people come up with similar ideas lots of times

[@BeaverChainsaw]

America: We need to protect freedom of speech from the Commies! America: *Proceeds to jail political dissidents and random people*

[@myisl5638]

that is problem of Democratic country, m indian . but if u see inside democratic country, there is so many problems , no ones get human rides , there are only king . rich people.. they r controlling all country .. amera also , india also , every where , even russia also ..

[@thelouster5815]

Lackey Chan Are you okay? Do you require medical attention?

[@thelouster5815]

Lackey Chan Are you okay? Do you require medical attention?

[@fullsend8738]

@@thelouster5815 he wouldn't get it in America

[@kimobrien.]

@@fullsend8738 Socialist Workers Party vs Attorney General was defeat for the FBI in Federal Court during the Jimmy "Human Rights" Carter era. Attorney General Griffin Bell was held in contempt of court.

[@erichunsaker4969]

**Soviet Anthem plays in the distance and is getting closer**

[@vision313]

*HYELLO KOMRADE*

[@SvobodaIliSmert]

**soviet anthem is at the gates of Berlin**

[@unatco1148]

*COMMUNISM DETECTED ON AMERICAN SOIL!*

[@S-Fan2006]

Fun (almost completely forgotten) fact: During WWII, because fascism became a priority the the US over communism, from 1941-1944, there was a period called ‘The Brown Scare’, where Americans feared a fascist takeover.

[@Potatoesxd]

*_C O M M U N I S M D E T E C T E D O N A M E R I C A N S O I L_*

[@paddlesaddlelad1881]

I see oil

[@Siegberg91]

@@paddlesaddlelad1881 screams madly

[@paddlesaddlelad1881]

+Siegberg91 why declare autism on me

[@Siegberg91]

forgot which video it was but one them was were america found oil and screaming started

[@paddlesaddlelad1881]

+Siegberg91 autism is not an alternative to communism ok i get it

[@Volteer]

"Today we make quite a distinction between these three policies." Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha, sure.

[@dn8601]

I wish

[@Kaifkahn]

It's so annoying when you say nationalising health care or say the railways and get called a communist

[@communisttrash8590]

“No” - Karl Marx

[@jondow7401]

Say what you want about socialism and communism but anarchism is totally different from communism. im not saying it's good im just saying it's not the same thing

[@supermanXL]

@@jondow7401 what is anarcho-communism?

[@rushopolis]

"Just seize the means of production," they said "it will be fine," they said.

[@merrittanimation7721]

"Destroy capitalism," they said "It'll be easy" they said

[@dasdasdadadadad8915]

It’s easier to just gulag everybody.

[@Zekushiiido]

"Make me leader" stalin said "I'll be great leader" stalin said

[@speedy01247]

To bad you failed to seize it as it's ours now. (communist leader date unknown)

[@energiesoler]

USA : welp, the Soviet Union has fallen, Communism is officially a failure China : hold my beer, Sam

[@erojerisiz1571]

*Hord*

[@nickolasbrown3342]

China isn't communist :p It's authoritarian capitalism, with chinese characteristics.

[@yeetyeetington8133]

Whose Sam?

[@yegorgribenuke6853]

That is what a decade of propaganda looks like.

[@Ethan5I5]

Yeet Yeetington Uncle Sam

[@Klipik12]

Alternate History: "What if America fell to communism?"

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

But it did.

[@DarthKieduss]

@@WiggaMachiavelli No it didn't.

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

+American Crusader HA HA HA HA HA

[@damthephong3811]

Ameri-nam = American't

[@amihartz]

Well, if it were anything like the USSR, then life expectancy would more than double.

[@Jerberjer]

"Today, we make quite a distinction between these 3 policies" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You can't even suggest a raise on taxes without being compared to Lenin's reign these days

[@senhorcaralho4988]

The dude who made this video cant make a distiction himself.

[@alec5979]

Jim Nacosta get a load of this guy

[@el1tefire252]

McCarthy the alex Jones of the 1950s

[@merrittanimation7721]

Except that they elected McCarthy

[@wizard680]

Basically besides one was actually in power while the other is just hated and joked about .

[@GamerFromJump]

I don’t think Alex Jones can demand people appear, or raid their offices, or anything else. McCarthy is more like the Mueller of the 1950s.

[@wizard680]

@@el1tefire252 I was talking more about political power. Alex has none while McCarthy did have political power.

[@Marylandbrony]

If anything Alex is the Charles Coughlin of the 2010s.

[@Mr.Nin10do.]

When America feared a Meme takeover.

[@nathanielburford376]

Kelvin Reyes You mean the EU?

[@user-px8eo2cs4g]

It’s called the 2016 election

[@elonmush4793]

an incompetent US president undermining the free press, one major pillar of free speech on which the USA are built on. It's basically like the red scare. Let's call it the fake news scare.

[@offspringfan100]

Anonymous Implying the "free" press isn't undermining free speech... You're funny.

[@thetman0068]

The mainstream press in the US is hardly free. It's got the thumb of strongly left-leaning groups and beneficiaries pulling the strings.

[@jackmonaghan8477]

Sadly, the US's preoccupation with panicking about Communism and ranting about anything to the left of Mussolini also led to some of problems further down the line. Using it as an excuse to overthrow democratically elected left-wing figures such as Mohammad Mosaddegh and Salvador Allende and the installation of authoritarian puppets, which led to stuff like the Islamic Revolution of 1979, large death tolls, an over-reliance on neoliberal economics in parts of the western world and the like.

[@MrMogi-zg2ud]

Jack Monaghan oof

[@davineves8529]

@@Obs23456 yes, he is talking about the coups in Latin America and the middle East.

[@wehavebiscuits]

@@Obs23456 they use anti-communist sentiment as an excuse

[@patrikcath1025]

"Communism is bad" as Soviet anthem blasts in the background. (love the outro tho lmao)

[@representativeirelandboyz1484]

*Karl Marx's blows down the door with a T-34* **I am here for the booshwazee**

[@envoyofaeons]

Bourgeoisie, not booshwazee.

[@PegenGaming489]

T-34 really?

[@user-wx4nv8xr3d]

T34 is a tank actually

[@tamerlanrukachev5261]

@@envoyofaeons woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooossshhhhhh

[@ov2380]

Tamik Rukachev he wasn’t joking you idiot

[@markcohen2533]

hollywood does use their power to control opinion tho

[@energiesoler]

well yeah, but they're not communists, so brainwashing people into global dictatorship is fine. I think.

[@TheClassicalConservative]

Well yeah. And who makes up the majority of media company owners and producers? Jews Really makes you think

[@ChiotVulgaire]

@@TheClassicalConservative I never understood the big deal about so many Jews being in such positions of power. Jews aren't monsters, they're just an insular group with extremely close family dynamics and religious traditions that emphasize care and contribution to fellow Jews. They're frankly nicer than most gentiles I've met, and understand the world through a wider lens than the narrow and admittedly selfish America viewpoint. We could and should learn a lot from them.

[@thisrandomdude2880]

Only difference is that they ain't communists but zionists this time

[@energiesoler]

you know, if Hollywood is red, then i've got to wonder what isn't… quite a scary world you seem to live in, comrade

[@Fostermoving54]

“Better dead than red!” *U.S national anthem intensifies*

[@changedusername159]

Death *is* a preferable alternative to communism

[@kirillassasin]

Changed Username today is more like You not giving us Oil, your country is Over

[@a_savage_crook9115]

@Lord Of Vengeance So you can wait to lose your head by their hands? Communism only fucks the law abiding people it doesn't bring anymore security or stability than the Imperialist Monarchies they so despise.

[@a_savage_crook9115]

@@kirillassasin Humanity has always been like that take a look at a fucking history book, we've been warring over many things other than Oil in our history.

[@johnsmith-hl7hi]

@Lord Of Vengeance show me one pure socialist/communist country that has been a success I can wait I'll just be making my list of successful capitalist countries in the mean time

[@mock15halo]

The takeover is still in the works, unfortunately

[@rallycobra5738]

@Nazx 36 commie

[@rallycobra5738]

@Nazx 36 wow great would you like a rusty lada and no humans rights with that.

[@JDAM_BOY]

@Nazx 36 what was the point of that bro you just look like an idiot

[@metanight788]

Always knew those dentists couldn't be trusted. Would you trust someone with unlimited access to laughing gas, drills, and mint flavored dental floss that always tastes more like latex? I think not!

[@stephenwright8824]

^^ Underrated comment

[@JimboPb05]

Communism isn't bad, or at least it isn't meant to be. Maybe if you look into the different parts of communism like stalinism then there could be an argument but overall communism is actually good. Dictators (such as Stalin) gave it a bad name when they used it as a front and an excuse for their villainous, selfish actions.

[@Ethan-wx5pz]

Its because dictators like Stalin combined fascism with communism so everyone now thinks communism so everybody thinks communism is authoritarian

[@JimboPb05]

Yeah. And it isn't helped by governments such as the ccp either. Just more dirt being smeared on communism.

[@niknak8299]

Communism sounds good on paper but it doesn’t work in the real world

[@ismaeel747]

I'm not a communist but I don't know why, every time I hear the USSR anthem I feel like I should stand or something.

[@burnv06]

I don't pay attention to it. The temptation of mob mentality and power over your slaves is what leads to these dystopias.

[@brad9343]

The USSR was socialist. The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.

[@racelkatyusha403]

its the song its making me fight for them amd im ready to die plus asians like communist and not capitalism for reason because alot in south east asia poor people we help them instead we are not communist or capitalist but its still trash to be in a capitalism and communist i think its way better

[@twarozek1410]

@@brad9343 yeah and north korea is democratic

[@twarozek1410]

@UCpwlQnddoQ9qnpjHVwBCX0A yeah, because murder is so rational and cool. Tf why should i want murder? It's just an idea for economical order. I see myself in the thinking tradition of the Beatles, Rudi Dutschke, Rosa Luxemburg, Jesus. The question is would you murder for a stupid idea you believe in? You are paranoid, and believing that random people from the internet want to kill you.

[@alfredomartinez5175]

“In short, communism is state provided goods and services without any proper ownership” Wrong. There is no state in a communist society, Vladimir Lenin is quoted saying that the revolution of 1917 brought Russia to a transitional stage called “State Capitalism,” the end goal, a world revolution where in which the state eventually withers away.

[@kimobrien.]

Actually the American ruling class first became scared of communism with the Great Railway strike of 1877. They saw it as another attempt at a Paris commune.

[@ReaverLordTonus]

The sometimes irrational fear of communism was overused by a lot of ambitious businessmen and politicians. If you wanted to oppose something, just claim it was related to communism and it would lose all credibility in the public eye. All you had to do was accuse something or someone and that's all it took to weaken them. It justified many atrocities, meddling in foreign affairs, going to senseless wars, and possibly facilitating assassinations of influential figures like Kennedy and MLK because their efforts would undermine America's anti communist efforts (yes, I do believe they could have gone to those lengths). The last 50 years have been one big disaster because of this, those in charge were so staunch in their anti communist position that they were prepared to push any agenda regardless of the flaws just to sell it as a better system than communism, they doubled down on capitalism refusing to acknowledge that it would cause major class divisions over time, they gave free reign to big businesses to exploit their workforces to increase their bottom line, they allowed the real estate market and education costs to become over bloated to the point where it is unaffordable to most common people. All of this was in the name of propping up capitalism as not just the better way but the only way and here were are now suffering the consequences of that while those who perpetrated it are living happily with everything they managed to extract from the broken system they created before it became impossible for those today to do so. Is communism bad? of course it is, people will always have ambitions and will corrupt even a perfect system to serve their own ends and thus the system will always fail in execution. But then, the same can be said for capitalism only it's much easier to do it openly. Is capitalism a failed system? Let's ask a different question, would you consider a system where people working full time cannot afford basic needs successful? No, but that's what we got. Is there a perfect system? No, but it doesn't mean we can't try to find one, even moderate improvement is still progress and that's what we need right now. We don't need to glorify capitalism, we don't need to condemn or embrace communism, socialism, or any political system, we just need to look at ourselves, recognize what's wrong, and change it for the better.

[@thesenate5913]

TonesTheGeek best fucking comment i have ever seen about political arguments

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

It's a shame that most people don't think like this because its easier to call one a commie/facist when they're not even close to being one

[@thesenate5913]

I just call them human

[@BlueTyphoon2017]

Couldn’t have said that better myself.

[@BlueTyphoon2017]

TonesTheGeek Couldn’t have said that better myself.

[@2bannedaccountscountingblo99]

This didn't age well.

[@NoBody-hr2mj]

It aged like milk

[@goose6112]

What how

[@EmeraldLavigne]

You should do the proposed facist coup against Roosevelt that was foiled by Darlington when he reported it after they asked him to lead it. That's what led to the creation of HUAC in edit: in the first place.

[@bryanitza-chulopez1658]

Ahh you mean Old Gimlet Eye aka Smedley Butler?

[@quickmotor]

8:43 Congratulations McCartney you played yourself

[@Phil9874]

I love how the soviet unions anthem is playing while your talking about the fall of mcarthy.

[@TheNightmareRider]

The biggest problem with the Red Scare is that it still persists today; any form of socialism or socialist policies, like Universal Healthcare, are labelled as communist and people go running scared away from it. Hell, you can hear it everywhere online today, with people throwing around the phrase "Cultural Marxism" at those who suggest that gender is a spectrum (because treating trans people like any other human is somehow communist now?). Not to mention, very few people who complain about "Cultural Marxism" have actually *read* what Marx's work say. He advocates the workers owning the means of production, not the state, along with a more equal distribution of wealth in accordance to each person's needs. In addition, people who say "Communism doesn't work" as a retort against criticism of Capitalism seem to forget that Capitalism DOESN'T work for everyone. One only needs to look at present day US and see people getting into thousands of dollars of debt just because they needed medical attention at a hospital, or the veterans who are homeless on the street while landlords make big bucks off people who need somewhere to stay. I'm not advocating for Marxist-Lenninism or Stalinism. What I am saying is that we shouldn't be so concerned with Communism that we let rampant Capitalists erode our human rights.

[@nickrobertson3849]

Anyone here because this is happening now?

[@henry06x]

Yup. This is a Marxist movement disguised as racial justice. Using the impressionable youth and uneducated as their foot soldiers.

[@azazel166]

"I don't like this, so it must be some form of Marxism" Good grief, you Americans are such strange people sometimes.

[@henry06x]

A Ghost Without a Past ummm the leaders of BLM org are admitted marxists.

[@azazel166]

@Sebastian Canales Yes, because anything that isn't cut and woven to your liking is anti-American and communist. Thanks for proving my point.

[@azazel166]

@@henry06x One or two call themselves "Marxist" so the whole movement is. Interesting logic.

[@tannerrugg3480]

He wasn't aiming for global conquest

[@averagejoe6031]

The red scare never left

[@danielt6856]

Man, this is an incredibly superficial analysis. For a channel called knowledge hub it sure doesn't teach much.

[@user-bz1od4yc5r]

man, this sure is a shitty, worthless fucking comment

[@pedrorexSWG]

He is right tho. Not a very good video

[@ItzTooSik]

“So you’re saying we need to invade Iran?”

[@friskjidjidoglu7415]

I'm a fan of your channel and it produces very engaging content and I wait for your videos to come out. Recently I have had problems with your content about the USSR et al. and Left-Wing ideologies. I really want your channel to continue to do well for as long as it can! I feel that if you took time to directly engage with the sources of the ideologies and dedicated yourself to getting a thorough understanding of the ideologies that it could greatly improve the detail in quality of your content. Perhaps this could even be applied to other ideologies that pop up throughout these kinds of historical things. I see people want to learn more about history when they are given some knowledge (just a little etc) about the environment that helped influence it. Given that you are a good writer and presenter, I feel that you could really be able to help people access the behind-the-scences forces of history. I hope that you at least glance at this comment, thanks. p.s. Communism is a stateless, classless, moneyless society in which the means of production are owned in common. The Socialist states of the 20th Century were Socialist but *run* by Communist Parties, and this was the cases b/c Communists basically view it like so: ....Capitalism -> Socialism -> Communism.

[@claudespeed277]

Finally someone who gets it 🙌👏🙏. I'm a fan too but he clearly blasts his political views by attacking all left wing ideologies marking them as all the same bad thing without reason or any real proof. He glosses over America's sins like we're some bastion of equality when even then in the 50s, the soviet union treated minorities and women as equals. The ussr was the first country to allow women to hold non pink collar jobs and even let them serve in the military on the front lines. And African Americans have testimonies stating they're treated much better over in the ussr(obviously, probably every country in the world treated them better). Hell there was even a proposed idea to make the first Jewish state in the world. Yea the ussr had its faults but most of them where during stalins rule. Most forget the ussr wasn't a totalitarian state after his death. Had Trotsky been the leader the ussr would have been looked back on alot more positively. The sins of stalin discredited communism/socialism. After the fall of communism in the former USSR, many countries went down their own paths abandoning the soviets ideology for capitalism like China or Fascism like North korea. Ironic if u ask me. Vietnam, Laos, Cuba are the only countries that follow leninist socialism. Could go on and on about all the genocides America is responsible for, mainly the one in Guatemala, but I made my point. The point is, Cody is right wing poisoned by the propaganda The US has been pumping out. The accomplishments the USSR made in its short 69 years is far more impressive than any other country to date for the most part concerning statistics.

[@youtubesucks1499]

What's the INCENTIVE to open a business under communism?

[@NeoNero83]

"Is your dog a red?" has now been replaced with "is your dog racist?"

[@clubmichel9262]

Tyler: communism is bad Marx: you've hurt my heart. Lenin: you've hurt my heart. Stalin: you've hurt my heart. Trotsky: you've hurt my heart.

[@farbodpirouz2457]

I see the red terror returning.

[@theastrogamer710]

*Laughs in Trotskyst*

[@thesteadfastduelist6258]

*COMMIEEEEEE!!!!!* *COMMIEEEEE!!!!* *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@derphamsterslicer321]

sam o' nella

[@thesteadfastduelist6258]

*Yeah*

[@averagejoe6031]

“Today we make a distinction between these three groups” American conservatives: *laughs in Trump*

[@metalmystery5369]

Lmfao they went from saying that Biden couldn’t win because he couldn’t get leftist votes to saying he’s a Anarcho-Communist within a month

[@eightdrop1089]

@@metalmystery5369 Bruh 1: Do you really think that this old, pathetic man could legally get 80 million votes 2: Since when has anyone who wasn’t in a blind rage called him an anarchy communist, he clearly has ditched his idea, and Burn Loot Murder

[@metalmystery5369]

@@eightdrop1089 He didn't get those votes because people like him, he got those votes because people hate Trump even more. Trump has some of the lowest approval ratings in history..

[@eightdrop1089]

@@metalmystery5369 but how can you explain one week before th election when his scores were tied with Obama

[@trmbi3398]

@@metalmystery5369 people regret it to lol

[@killman369547]

what did communists use for light before candles? lightbulbs

[@Miryyaa]

USA : "Communism is bad let's fight them" Vietnam : "Hello...." USA : "oh no" *Dark Souls themes start playing"

[@olegvysotskyy2289]

I never knew America imprisoned its political rivals

[@Franc1sc0]

America does all the dirty shit that other countries do even more but they manage to keep most of it quiet

[@johnfakester5527]

Francisco Yessir

[@marceltroissaillies9955]

Here's to you, Nicola and Bart Rest forever here in our hearts The last and final moment is yours That agony is your triumph

[@nestoons4539]

9:11 USSR Anthem. At 911? Coincidence? 🤔

[@justsomecommentchannel8602]

yeah because those 2 are related

[@aimilios439]

Too soon.

[@rabberJABBER12345]

Wow, your ending was such a copout 'communism is bad', that's that apparently

[@Prosper_Dean]

Sloth Steve real chud hours

[@DakotaofRaptors]

So basically like false rape accusations?

[@carultch]

Yep. Sexual McCarthyism.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@Jim Nacosta that profile pic tho

[@rodneyjohnson6313]

History was to prove Joseph McCarthy right

[@jebswife6402]

So, basically, the Red Scare was just the Salem Witch Trials with *slightly* more rationality.

[@AnnoNymus]

"The Soviet Union was a terrible place and terrible things happened" should be a good summary of the speakers extent of knowledge on the issue at hand.

[@Gameprojordan]

the ussr maybe had 10-20 years of actually being relatively ok, the years before it were bogged down in extreme attorcities and millions of deaths, the years after the good years were bogged down in insane debt and slow government collapse, with many of their sattelite states seceding from the union

[@AnnoNymus]

@@Gameprojordan 50's to late 80's are generally considered as the good years by many of that generation.

[@Gameprojordan]

@@AnnoNymus 50s were definitely not good for everyone, there were tons of situations in satellite countries in the late 50s where they tried revolting against the soviets and faced extremely brutal consequences, stalin was still carrying out purges until his death in '53, I would say around 1960 until 1979 when the soviet-afghani war began was considered truly the good times for the general soviet populace. maybe for someone living in western russia in the 50s it was relatively okay, but for the rest of the states it wasnt by any means good at all, by the late 80s many soviet states broke off from the union and the afghanistan war marred the rest in immense debt, it was one of the leading factors to the unions collapse, along with chernobyl in '86

[@AnnoNymus]

@@Gameprojordan i was talking about soviet people, not satellite states. Stalin's postwar purges were tame and didn't really affect the general populace. The Afghan war wasn't initially unpopular. I'd say late 80's is when it got bad. People in western Russia were generally poorer than people in most other constituent republics and even satellite states. Both Poland and DDR generally had more consumer goods than Soviet Russia.

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

​@@Gameprojordanif you think "small groups revolted" or even "bigger groups revolted/protested" is a way to discredit the time i think you have some american history too repeat because apparently the 50-80s too even this day of the us are not good years.

[@patrikcath1025]

4:30 Ah, that one time the USSR invaded their own puppet state, killing hundreds of civillians even though the country didn't actually defend itself.

[@Josh93B93]

Sounds alot like the entire history of US foriegn policy in relation to Central America, how interesting.

[@tammemmaaref3544]

Well at least usa's citizens were not mass starving to death

[@comradesvanticki4786]

patrikcath they hinderd a western revolution,

[@aisir3725]

Country didn't defend itself but someone killed hundred of soldiers

[@aisir3725]

@@tammemmaaref3544 great depression?

[@ymj4256]

Says communism is bad while USSR anthem playing in background. I'm confused

[@pilkpog7952]

10:41 well kinda. but the original idea of it has a moral high ground imo. great video tho!

[@Dermetsu]

We'll always find a scapegoat to villify.

[@brandon-cs7fw]

Man. Anyone else seeing some modern parallels to the communist accusations?

[@zoomertoast3703]

You mean everybody being called a fascist nowadays?

[@CatholicWeeb]

Currently Communism Is Being Taught A Good Thing In The States

[@willdabeast4163]

*1980s* (man walks in with a commie flag) man: this is the USSR right? (Gets shot by everyone in the room) American: NO THIS IS PATRICK!

[@matthewlong7547]

When? You mean a few minutes ago?

[@Kelis98]

America wasn’t “rightfully scared”, they fought back against some good ideas and kept progress for being made.

[@grimeytavern1648]

true

[@wesleydebow3880]

Shut up commie

[@burneremail3874]

All communists deserve free helicopter rides!

[@PresidentSquigglyMiggly]

We need another McCarthy

[@bkqj1997]

Nah

[@phalanxk9]

Who’s watching this in late 2020? History has a bad habit of repeating itself

[@b00psn00t]

You phased communism as state control, but that's totalitarianism. Communism is public ownership, where the people have the full control, not the state.

[@WASDLeftClick]

Socialist democracy is the only way to go. All the best parts of capitalism and communism put together.

[@yegorgribenuke6853]

Now try doing and sustaining that somewhere in world where there is not any free piece of land

[@kayt9627]

Егор Грибенюк what the fuck does this comment even mean

[@burnv06]

that's the problem.... all parts of communism are shit, so that's just shitty version of capitalism.

[@TesikLP]

for some reason, I started losing attention to your voice at about 9:10

[@WARSMITHAFROW]

Hold on, wait a minute. Your only take away is that communism is bad? Is that a joke ?

[@yegorgribenuke6853]

Yes

[@weathforjr]

Razor fist's Hollywood was always red comes to mind, and contradicts a lot of what this video says

[@SIR_HEDGE_KNIGHT]

I'm seeing a LOT of parallels here

[@GarbageHaul85]

Bringing back the old style :)

[@mrheroprimes]

a Communist Takeover almost happened during the great depression because During the Great Depression, many Americans became disillusioned with capitalism and some found communist ideology appealing.

[@MrTitaniumDioxide]

+Robomerc What nonsense are you spewing? Communism was never _close_ to a takeover in the US -- Wall Street's goons weren't allowing socialism to gain a foothold, let alone communism. Rather, what probably _did_ almost take place in 1933-34 was an attempted fascist takeover by American _capitalist_ financiers and industrialists (JP Morgan, DuPont, Singer, etc.) who were fearful that socialism was emerging in US society . Retired Major General Smedley Butler exposed the plot after he was approached and asked to lead the coup d'état against Franklin D. Roosevelt and our Constitution. Talk about revisionism, bud. Sort of like this KZbin channel...yet another Wall Street propaganda pipeline. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

[@meowmasterL346]

Replace *red* with *racist* and you get the same kind of witchhunts except playing out between blue checkmarks on twatter.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

I would love to see an Alternate History episode on what would happen if a communist revolution had actually been attempted in America.

[@mr.nobody68]

Gun owning Patriots would obliterate the ever living fuck out of them before breakfast

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

Why do I see a lot of parallels between the Red Scare then and how we treat "nazis" now? Calling anyone and everyone one, even if they aren't, and having that accusation carry a lot of weight even if unproven? All we need to do is look at Pewdiepie. Not actually a nazi, but labelled as one, and a lot of people are determined to ruin his career.

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

One big difference. Unlike today were those accused of being "Nazis" rarely are, during the Red Scare there were a sizable amount of ACTUAL COMMUNISTS throughout all sectors of society, most notably Hollywood unions.

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

Lmfao, the difference is that at the time the people actually lost their career for falls accussations 💀 pwediepie is a multimillionaire, where tf did he loose anything.

[@iameuropean5301]

10:35 Is that a Clifford the dog reference, you know, the one on PBS? Or is that the “is your dog a democrat” (or som’thing) song reference? Or _both_

[@breadman5048]

Thanks for the attempt at stringing things together, but the conclusion is pretty silly and doesn't answer the question. You explained why Americans were fearful of Russia and their domination but not why Communism as an ideal was so threatening. I think it's because it threatened corporate power and since corporations run America they viewed it as an existential threat.

[@breadman5048]

@Loreley Inoa what do you mean?

[@LSheWolf84]

Unfortunately, China has had success though

[@conductingintomfoolery9163]

Might makes right, sadly

[@LSheWolf84]

@6pan yeah and all of that taxable income goes straight to the CCP's military machine.

[@MikeJProto]

Success through killing ~60 million people, and then over the span of 20-30 years abandoning the communist/socialist system to become capitalist.

[@TheClassicalConservative]

4:08 «After all, Germany seemed to be aiming for global conquest» What

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

What's confusing you here? Do you know what World War 2 was?

[@starship7485]

@@BigBangAttack-mt6pz Germany actually was declared war on first. First Judae declared war, boycott all German goods then France and Great Britain declared war because Germany invaded Poland but they DIDNT declare war on the Soviet Union who also invaded Poland from the East, learn history before teaching others

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

@@starship7485 They were literally genocideing people

[@salomonlevin8288]

I for one am a Communist and it sickens me to hear a "Capitalist Bourgeoisie" talk trash about Communism even as a narrative standpoint.

[@Adam-qs5ir]

Like seriously, your videos are great. I've binged many of them since I found your channel a few days ago. Love the presentation. I get the feeling you have a different political outlook than I do, but I still enjoy the videos and learn a ton from them. Keep it up! 🤘

[@thatfighterguy5846]

When we feared a communist takeover? Pretty much every second since the first red scare...

[@cosmicostrich3657]

"communism, socialism, call it what you like, there's very little difference between the two." Now a'int I right?

[@comradesvanticki4786]

Kool Kid22 its a big difference, have you heard of noledge? Get some.

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

Svanticki ironic because you can’t even spell it. I’d suggest to read a dictionary... and while you’re at it... read a history book!

[@comradesvanticki4786]

Tyler Bone it doesn’t have anything to do with our arguments so i don’t understand what it matters. I wasn’t trying to get an A on my english test here i was just saying my opinion

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

When China feared a Mongolian ta.... uhm.. sorry wrong century!

[@damthephong3811]

When China feared Vietnam for centuries.

[@Rohin98]

Simply feeding someone with no ownership over the food is bad? "Communism " Is bad? Consumer nation will never understand Communist Honor, yes it has its ups and down certainly. Yet revolution to gain mutual equality, well being of everyone, jobs and no to the discrimination is bad?.