Experiencing the marxist utopia

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author.

The year was 2004. The place was Moscow. The location was near the old Arbat close to the center of the city.

My wife’s girlfriend, “Tanya” had graciously given us the key to her boyfriend’s recently purchased apartment. As was the case, many previously government-owned apartment buildings were being converted to condominiums and sold to the public for bargain prices.

With hotel prices sky-high, we were grateful for a free place to stay! (We later sent Tanya’s boyfriend $100 and a quart of Maker’s Mark.)

The “Acme” of Soviet Luxury Under Communist Rule

Upon entry, I had the chance to experience the “acme of vintage 1934 Moscow luxury.” The apartment amounted to one large room, roughly 400 square feet, a tiny kitchen and an even tinier bathroom which included a toilet, wash basin and standup shower, roughly the size of a telephone booth. There were six of these units on each floor of the five-story building.

Each floor had a wash basin and a “bathing room,” which featured a single, “crowfoot” tub on each end. In the center of the floor stood a gathering area with somewhat dilapidated furniture.

There were flights of stairs on both ends of the floor. There were no elevators. Windows in the units were small. The heat was generated by iron pipes on the apartment walls.

An Inspiration Derived from the Experience

Over the past three years, we have seen “Soviet style” censorship firsthand. Robert F Kennedy, Jr. painfully recounted his trials with it Saturday when he suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump. This censorship has been largely implemented by unnamed “twenty-something techies,” often working in unsupervised capacities. How these unelected entities were authorized to determine which social media posts were “politically correct” and which were not, is the focal point of this discussion.

Let’s assume that they were all true believers of Comrade Stalin and his better way. With this in mind, we can now complete the picture. First, we must place these apartments in a “Russia-like” physical environment. The Northern Minnesota boreal should suffice. Here a quintessential Soviet city would be constructed. We will call the city, “Vladimirov.” Ultimately, there would be additional “Vladimirovs” scattered throughout the country having similar physical characteristics.

“Guests” would be welcomed to their communist utopia upon arrival. They would be informed that they would receive “guaranteed employment, free healthcare, affordable housing, inflation protection, and ration cards. The ration cards would allow them to receive a daily breakfast of “Gretchka” (buckwheat) and tea, and a daily lunch of “proletariat (cabbage) soup with bread.”

Food items ranging from milk, bread, salted fish, sugar, tea, pasta, liquor and candies could be purchased at supermarkets located throughout the city. Prices would be fixed, and the products would be subject to availability.

Guests would be allowed to purchase consumer items, ranging from clothing to personal care items to appliances, to furniture at the “Vladimirov G.U.M.” G.U.M. prices would be set by the authorities making inflation a non-existent concern.

“Affordable housing,” would be provided to each family in the form of an apartment comparable to the one earlier referenced. Each floor would include a live-in “monitor” who would make certain that no Vladimirov resident was exposed to “conspiracy theory” rhetoric.

Self-Contained Utopian City

Each resident would be guaranteed employment. Workers would never fear being fired from their jobs!

Part of the city would be devoted to agriculture. Here cool weather crops such as cabbage, carrots, potatoes, sugar beets, and cauliflower would be grown, along with staple grains such as rye, barley and oats.

The crops would be transformed into homemade products such as freshly baked bread, whisky, vodka, Broga (cranberry wine) and craft beer. Fish would be procured from local fishermen and salted for long-term consumption. Tobacco would be purchased from outside to facilitate Vladimirov cigarette factories.

There would an export product that could become popular in the upper Midwest, Canada and Alaska. “Vahleekee”(felt boots) would be manufactured in Vladimirov factories.

The Vladimirov “PRAVDA” would be the newspaper free to residents. Here they could be exposed to the latest happenings worldwide through special lenses, free from “disinformation” stemming from conspiracy theory rhetoric. Many familiar names and faces would dominate the editorial pages, as they would in Vladimirov’s own television network.

Television sets would be placed in the common areas of each apartment floor. Programming would be limited to previously aired Russian and Chinese broadcasts from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, as well as their nightly Vladimirov newscast, free of disinformation.

There would be no internet available for residents. Cell phones would be disallowed.

Electric rail lines providing free transportation for all residents would wind through Vladimirov. Numerous “canteens” would be available for Vladimirov residents to socialize with other residents.

All workers would be paid in the currency known as “Vladimirovs,” adorned with pictures of Lenin, Stalin, Marx, Mao, and other Communist legends including Barack Obama, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and Kamala Harris. Residents would be assigned work in cigarette factories, distilleries, breweries, clothing and shoe factories, food services, hospitality, maintenance, and internal security.

Automobiles and firearms would be prohibited. Residents could depart at any time, provided they had a “special pass” from the Vladimirov authorities.

Vladimirov Residents

Who would be these privileged residents? Obviously, those “twenty-something techies” who took it upon themselves to implement censorship. Since they embraced the idea, why not allow them to experience it? For them, it should be natural.

The concept of intimate monitors on their apartment floors, ensuring that no conspiracy theory activity was taking place would make residents feel secure. The comfort of a guaranteed paycheck, guaranteed meal, free healthcare, affordable commodities, and an inexpensive home would further contribute to their utopian existence. Can anyone think of a better outcome for these closet disciples of Comrade Stalin?

We now return to the original question: “Who placed these aspiring young “comrades” in positions that granted them censorship authority?” It spawns a second question, which becomes increasingly obvious with each passing day.

“Who or what organization controls “Big Tech” and those attempting to shape world opinion to accommodate their agenda?”

The answers to question two and question one are synonymous.

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