Science is now in the process of destroying religious dogma. The dogma of the divine creation is recognized as absurd. With each new discovery of chemistry, physics, biology, the anthropological sciences, of the practical application of sound principles, dogma collapses. It is a part of that old edifice of religion which crumbles and falls in ruins. The faculty by which man is differentiated from the lower animals is his reasoning power. But the devout believer renounces reason, refuses to explain the things which surround him, the innumerable natural phenomena, because his religious faith is enough for him. The brain loses the habit of thinking; and this religious sottishness hurls mankind back into animalism.
The rapacious property-owning American [...] admits no limits, possesses no scruples and does not share the fears and the cowardice of our bourgeoisie. [They are] violent, absolute criminal. When they feel the need, they simply stain their hands with proletarian blood. They lack any human sense. They are only interested in exploitation. We want an extraordinary heavy taxation, with a progressive character, on capital, that will represent an authentic partial expropriation of all wealth; seizures of all assets of religious congregations and suppression of all the ecclesiastic [...] revenues, in what constitutes an enormous deficit of the nation and a privilege for a minority; revisions of all contracts made by the war ministers and seizure of 85% of all war profits.
To-day we can affirm that the capitalistic method of production is out of date. So is the doctrine of laissez-faire, the theoretical basis of capitalism… To-day we are taking a new and decisive step in the path of revolution. A revolution, in order to be great, must be a social revolution. Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give [advice]. We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
Marx was the greatest of all theorists of socialism. [Marx] had a profound critical intelligence and was in some sense even a prophet.
Just kidding. It wasn't Antifa. It was Benito Mussolini.
Wow, last line got me. Mussolini's comments are indistinguishable from modern leftists.
That's the joke.
I'll bet Seattle Antifa would agree with every line.
Too bad so few people read it to the end.
Do you have link to original?
Cherry picked from various sources. Do a Duck Duck Go search for Mussolini quotes.
I edited them together to make them flow; they were not originally contiguous.
Most of Hitler's are too.
But it is lazy and fallacious reasoning. Irritating to see bozos on the right needing to compare everything to nazis. Shows a lot of stupidity and ignorance.
Better historical analogy would be cultural revolution in China and the Four Olds.
No one needs to make the comparison, because it is plainly obvious to anyone who doesn’t willfully deny it.
They have such a ripe batch of quotes in Mao's Little Red Book that are so much more relevant. I don't know why people go back to this well of nazism/fascism as "socialism", when the philosophies came about as a reaction to radical Communists in the first place.
Wanna start there? Was fascism too far? Of course, but this notion that any ground would be gained or any understanding would be had by comparing reactionary movements in the early 20th century to the biggest killing machine the world has ever known (Communism) is fucking stupid. It's a GIGANTIC weakness of a genuine people's movement that is succeeding at repairing damage done to our nation by international agents.
Other than it being at a higher reading level than most leftists could manage.