Tuesday, October 23, 2012
56 Years Ago Today: A New Beginning
He was the victim of a political joke both figuratively and literally. The problem was that he told it to two trusted friends but who unfortunately did not trust each other. The political poison of government suppression is, that the first to report the "wrong" doer will be spared punishment, therefore one of them reported him for the quaff. You see, political jokes or any political comment was not allowed unless it was of a positive kind and of course puns are not, therefore it was against the state.
At the time he was the head of a department of an important engineering firm which designed weapons (illegally after WWII for the Russians) and in such a position it was not a good idea to be anti-communist. In fact it was not a good idea to refuse to join the Communist Party. Joining the Communist Party was no easy task, one could be a communist but not an official member unless invited and he refused the invitation causing another black mark on his record. Ouch. He already had a black mark against him because he survived the most brutal of Russian prisoner of war camps post WWII, in Romania. Now, he was about to survive being tortured by the feared Hungarian secret police: the AVO (comparative to the KGB).
After his arrest, torture and release, he was not allowed to work for longer than six months at any one firm. Yes, everyone had a history and everyone had a record and everyone had to have a National ID card. Just think, this was before Google and they kept good enough records to keep track on everyone.
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was no accident. It was after many years of suppression, brutal treatment, endless propaganda, lack of food in a land of plenty and lack of supplies produced by them, when the people had finally had enough. According to many it was the first crack in the Iron Curtain. Still, the Revolution's success was short lived. The rejoicing was too early because the people of Hungary had only lived for 2 weeks in freedom when, on November 4th, the Soviet Army returned and crushed a hopeful people once again.
After the Revolution was crushed, he realized that that he only had one chance to survive a sure death awaiting those who had prior political black marks and were "outspoken" anti-communists. So he had no choice but to leave his beloved homeland and family behind to become one with 250,000 other refugees who escaped at the end of that year to find freedom in the Western World.
We are proud of this history because we stood up, weak as we were against a mighty army feared all over the world by governments much larger and more powerful than us. The Revolution can be compared to the American fight for freedom in 1776 which started with dumping tea. The Hungarian revolt was marked by bonfires of burning propagandist books and symbols.
Below are two short BBC Videos of the History which led to this Uprising and which all Hungarians, no matter where they live in the world, commemorate today.
Part I of BBC short Documentary Hungary, 1956:
Part II of BBC short Documentary Hungary, 1956:
Thanks for Reading
Anni
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Magyar National Day
March15th commemorates the outbreak of the 1848 Revolution in Hungary which attempted to break free from Austrian Empirical rule. Below is a short well done video of the key players in this history and songs of the day.
(the Godfather theme is an unfortunate beginning but it's worth to look past it & forgive the producer.)
Most renowned heroes of 1848:
Petöfi Sándor National Poet of Hungary He wrote the poem: "National Song" on March 13th and recited it in Pest on March 15th, which called for Hungarians "to get on their feet, throw off their chains" & thereby ignited the passion for freedom in Hungarians.
Kossuth Lajos Regent President of Hungary and considered a leader for Democracy in Europe and honored by USA and Great Britain in his lifetime.
Széchenyi István Born into Nobility, Politician & considered one of the greatest Statesman of Hungary.
Bem Józef Non-Hungarian (Ottoman) General & Hero of 1848
For more information please see Wikipedia: Hungarian Revolution 1848
I published this today because we must forever fight the battle for freedom and when successful we must keep up the battle to preserve it for each one of us individually and together.
Thanks for Reading
Anni
(the Godfather theme is an unfortunate beginning but it's worth to look past it & forgive the producer.)
Most renowned heroes of 1848:
Petöfi Sándor National Poet of Hungary He wrote the poem: "National Song" on March 13th and recited it in Pest on March 15th, which called for Hungarians "to get on their feet, throw off their chains" & thereby ignited the passion for freedom in Hungarians.
Kossuth Lajos Regent President of Hungary and considered a leader for Democracy in Europe and honored by USA and Great Britain in his lifetime.
Széchenyi István Born into Nobility, Politician & considered one of the greatest Statesman of Hungary.
Bem Józef Non-Hungarian (Ottoman) General & Hero of 1848
For more information please see Wikipedia: Hungarian Revolution 1848
I published this today because we must forever fight the battle for freedom and when successful we must keep up the battle to preserve it for each one of us individually and together.
Thanks for Reading
Anni
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
A Special Thanksgiving Day.
Each year here in the USA we have a special day unlike any other known anywhere else in the world. It is our unique holiday this giving thanks day. It is not only to give thanks for the abundance in our lives that God has blessed upon us, but also to commemorate the first Thanksgiving day celebrated by the Pilgrims, after overcoming hardships suffered by the first settlers from the old world to the new.
Thanks was given not only for survival but also for an abundant crop as well as new friendships formed with the Indians who helped the newcomers to settle in the new land.
I have something in common with those first settlers, as it was on Thanksgiving Day that my family arrived to this new land and was welcomed to settle in this our new country, the USA. Each year we give thanks for our new opportunity for a free life in this land, each year we remember how warmly we were welcomed, how much open help we received from people who knew nothing about us, but nonetheless gave us love and friendship.
Perhaps those who wish to protest against the abundance of this land should reflect about how much it has given to those who have no hope anywhere else. Perhaps it's time they open their eyes and see how this country and it's people opened doors to millions who needed help and in true tradition of Thanksgiving Day, gave all they could in order to give opportunity to newcomers like us. Not handouts, but helping hands with love.
Dedicated with special thanks and in loving memory to
Bob and Irma Weede
Give thanks for what you have, give thanks to those you know and don't forget to thank God.
Have a Happy and Abundant Thanksgiving Day
Thanks for reading,
Anni
Thanks was given not only for survival but also for an abundant crop as well as new friendships formed with the Indians who helped the newcomers to settle in the new land.
I have something in common with those first settlers, as it was on Thanksgiving Day that my family arrived to this new land and was welcomed to settle in this our new country, the USA. Each year we give thanks for our new opportunity for a free life in this land, each year we remember how warmly we were welcomed, how much open help we received from people who knew nothing about us, but nonetheless gave us love and friendship.
Perhaps those who wish to protest against the abundance of this land should reflect about how much it has given to those who have no hope anywhere else. Perhaps it's time they open their eyes and see how this country and it's people opened doors to millions who needed help and in true tradition of Thanksgiving Day, gave all they could in order to give opportunity to newcomers like us. Not handouts, but helping hands with love.
Dedicated with special thanks and in loving memory to
Bob and Irma Weede
Give thanks for what you have, give thanks to those you know and don't forget to thank God.
Have a Happy and Abundant Thanksgiving Day
Thanks for reading,
Anni
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Breathing Smoke
Perhaps one of the hardest topics for me to write about is my political experiences. Granted most of them are indirect, yet, they are very personal for they were experienced by close relatives. Relatives and friends who had nothing to lose by the telling anymore. Yes, they are a dying "breed", those who have lived the horrors and lived to tell. Yes also perhaps to those critics who think that was an age gone by. Legitimately you may ask why tell the tale now, and why not then? I've often thought the same, and now as I face demons once again, I may have found the answer.
For many years I've observed with occasional outburst although my immediate family would argue that too. I found arguing useless after a while because facts just don't matter to those who think they know better or who think that now is different and better. To the contrary I may argue, but it goes nowhere. As I've mentioned recently in a discussion, "To each of the many I know who have lived through it I know a thousand who think they know better". That is the problem I, and many like me, face now. How to bring into light the fact that you are breathing second hand smoke. Often smoke is not noticed except by smell, and if you don't have the nose for it you may not detect the odor; yet when a light is placed in the correct position, the smoke in the room is evident. But whether you detect it or not, it's equally deadly.
The deception is always in the partial truth. In this case, that there is corruption in government and that there are bad and deceptive companies who are dance partners with them. The real deception however is that, in case of government, one side is more to blame than the other; and the real deception in case of companies and corporations it's that all CEO's board members or presidents are both rich and corrupt. Both of them fuel the final deception that all citizens and workers are victims of these aforementioned government entities and companies and that without them, nirvana would be reached.
The fact is these half truth deceptions are not new. The same went on during the Vietnam era, the free speech movement and the flower power seekers. The same went before WWII in Germany especially and the same continued immediately post WWII in the Russian held Europe. The same deception was also successfully fueled during the Bolshevik Revolution and if you go back far enough right after Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto, 1848 revolts broke out everywhere.
The only difference between all of the above is the name of the supposed oppressor from Monarchs (Imperialism) to Banks (Money Lenders, aka Jews) to now Companies and Corporations (Capitalists). The smoke weaves in and out and mixes all these, so do not think this list is a straight line. There were capitalists during imperialism as well as corrupt bankers and although one might like to think that imperialism is done and over, the fact is that imperialism is still very much present under the guise of "stardom". In short, we make our politicians into kings and queens along with our entertainers. It is also a fact that throughout the world, although we may call them by different names, monarchy still reigns over many people. But it's also true that I do not know of a single country that is openly owned by a corporation or a bank, but that too may be closer that we think, as many are owned to a point by the IMF and here at home by the Federal Reserve, not to mention the upper hand that George Soros may have over them all. But even knowing that, the deception is not done. The smoke is still in the room and, although a shed of light may have been cast, it has not been cleared by a single molecule.
Information placed at the just the right time and places helps the continuation and the growth of the popular thoughts mentioned above which assures your thinking that you are on the right path with the right people as your champions. This way you have no problem joining the righteous march as you now have a "cause". Causes are the most useful tools to those who want to deceive because it will blind your vision of the bigger picture and choke the truth in your thoughts. It is when causes are set aflame that those who wish to do most harm can flourish by creating more smoke and while you are breathing it in, you become more and more certain that the "end" will create the solution to the "evil" you are against.
The fact that in the final analysis your nirvana promised you will not be born is ignored. The fact that the needed changes which you adopt only ensures your suppression and victimization is not believed or seen by you. Even if you see the facts you have already breathed enough smoke to choke off your reasoning and you've got used to your blurred visions so you are convinced you are seeing and thinking clearly. Besides which, you believe that this time it will be different.
It is thus that you descend deeper into deception where your action actually begin to cause the harm of others, be it directly physical via bodily harm or indirectly physical via property damage. It is at this point where you can point fingers and make those who you feel are your "enemy" suffer the consequences of what they have created, therefore socially justified. It is where you start looking the "other way" feeling accomplished that you have done a good cause and convinced that the justice is only given those who deserve it and any fallout is only temporary.
Unfortunately the deception is simply done. It is done slowly over many days, months, years. Everyone has a different time frame and everyone at one time or another feels it, because we are all human. It is simple because of that very reason, we are all human. The deception is the conviction that you, or those you champion, are victims of those in power. Not realizing that those who perpetuate the feeling in you are the real evil ones gives more power to the deception. The crowds around you equally immersed are not freedom givers, they are freedom takers. The unfortunate truth is that they are equally blind with you.
What gets you to believe this is the seed within that thinks you are lacking something. Not recognizing that every thought or action has a choice and within each choice lies the real truth of self based on responsibility.
Once you recognize the fact that you have choices far beyond your smoke poisoned thinking you can no longer be part of the deception.
Unfortunately it is also true that when you become a non-victim believer, it does not end, because the deception will always find more people to victimize and more people who will become willing victims to take up the "cause". Velle est posse.
Thanks for reading
Anni
velle est posse
For many years I've observed with occasional outburst although my immediate family would argue that too. I found arguing useless after a while because facts just don't matter to those who think they know better or who think that now is different and better. To the contrary I may argue, but it goes nowhere. As I've mentioned recently in a discussion, "To each of the many I know who have lived through it I know a thousand who think they know better". That is the problem I, and many like me, face now. How to bring into light the fact that you are breathing second hand smoke. Often smoke is not noticed except by smell, and if you don't have the nose for it you may not detect the odor; yet when a light is placed in the correct position, the smoke in the room is evident. But whether you detect it or not, it's equally deadly.
The deception is always in the partial truth. In this case, that there is corruption in government and that there are bad and deceptive companies who are dance partners with them. The real deception however is that, in case of government, one side is more to blame than the other; and the real deception in case of companies and corporations it's that all CEO's board members or presidents are both rich and corrupt. Both of them fuel the final deception that all citizens and workers are victims of these aforementioned government entities and companies and that without them, nirvana would be reached.
The fact is these half truth deceptions are not new. The same went on during the Vietnam era, the free speech movement and the flower power seekers. The same went before WWII in Germany especially and the same continued immediately post WWII in the Russian held Europe. The same deception was also successfully fueled during the Bolshevik Revolution and if you go back far enough right after Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto, 1848 revolts broke out everywhere.
The only difference between all of the above is the name of the supposed oppressor from Monarchs (Imperialism) to Banks (Money Lenders, aka Jews) to now Companies and Corporations (Capitalists). The smoke weaves in and out and mixes all these, so do not think this list is a straight line. There were capitalists during imperialism as well as corrupt bankers and although one might like to think that imperialism is done and over, the fact is that imperialism is still very much present under the guise of "stardom". In short, we make our politicians into kings and queens along with our entertainers. It is also a fact that throughout the world, although we may call them by different names, monarchy still reigns over many people. But it's also true that I do not know of a single country that is openly owned by a corporation or a bank, but that too may be closer that we think, as many are owned to a point by the IMF and here at home by the Federal Reserve, not to mention the upper hand that George Soros may have over them all. But even knowing that, the deception is not done. The smoke is still in the room and, although a shed of light may have been cast, it has not been cleared by a single molecule.
Information placed at the just the right time and places helps the continuation and the growth of the popular thoughts mentioned above which assures your thinking that you are on the right path with the right people as your champions. This way you have no problem joining the righteous march as you now have a "cause". Causes are the most useful tools to those who want to deceive because it will blind your vision of the bigger picture and choke the truth in your thoughts. It is when causes are set aflame that those who wish to do most harm can flourish by creating more smoke and while you are breathing it in, you become more and more certain that the "end" will create the solution to the "evil" you are against.
The fact that in the final analysis your nirvana promised you will not be born is ignored. The fact that the needed changes which you adopt only ensures your suppression and victimization is not believed or seen by you. Even if you see the facts you have already breathed enough smoke to choke off your reasoning and you've got used to your blurred visions so you are convinced you are seeing and thinking clearly. Besides which, you believe that this time it will be different.
It is thus that you descend deeper into deception where your action actually begin to cause the harm of others, be it directly physical via bodily harm or indirectly physical via property damage. It is at this point where you can point fingers and make those who you feel are your "enemy" suffer the consequences of what they have created, therefore socially justified. It is where you start looking the "other way" feeling accomplished that you have done a good cause and convinced that the justice is only given those who deserve it and any fallout is only temporary.
Unfortunately the deception is simply done. It is done slowly over many days, months, years. Everyone has a different time frame and everyone at one time or another feels it, because we are all human. It is simple because of that very reason, we are all human. The deception is the conviction that you, or those you champion, are victims of those in power. Not realizing that those who perpetuate the feeling in you are the real evil ones gives more power to the deception. The crowds around you equally immersed are not freedom givers, they are freedom takers. The unfortunate truth is that they are equally blind with you.
What gets you to believe this is the seed within that thinks you are lacking something. Not recognizing that every thought or action has a choice and within each choice lies the real truth of self based on responsibility.
Once you recognize the fact that you have choices far beyond your smoke poisoned thinking you can no longer be part of the deception.
Unfortunately it is also true that when you become a non-victim believer, it does not end, because the deception will always find more people to victimize and more people who will become willing victims to take up the "cause". Velle est posse.
Thanks for reading
Anni
velle est posse
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Occupy Thinking
I wish you mountains you can climb forever as high as you want to go. Valleys no longer deep becasue that would hurt you so. Why go into valley when mountains can grow, we need not look down when 'up' is where to go. Only what you want should you ever focus on, don't see other humankind, just send them a brief note and let them go on. You are first, you are magnificent, you cannot do no wrong, keep stroking your self esteem for you're important. Until you reach the top, is there such a thing? No the escalator is forever in this future of new things.
Delude your self, keep thinking you will be the elite that will be "saved" by the other elites; accepted into their inner circle never having the leave again and lift a rock. Go ahead Americans, delude your selves, go ahead world, there is nothing to fight for except the so called "oppressed" which you think you are amongst, so fight for your nothing future, create your delusions, destroy the old and continue into the sky high blue.
Yes, your climb need not go on, for there is an escalator to take you higher with placards full of promises of a just and equal life, judged by others and not by you. When you're done with your climb and look around, it is not other peaks you'll see, but the dark walls of the pit you're in. Your utopia of a bright shiny light is a single lightbulb in the dark and the stars that you thought you'd reach is raised on the rooftop awaiting your worship.
Yes, keep climbing in this upside down world we're in, straight into the crevices of hell, where you won't reach any real stars but you'll have many stars of red.
Thank reading
Anni
Delude your self, keep thinking you will be the elite that will be "saved" by the other elites; accepted into their inner circle never having the leave again and lift a rock. Go ahead Americans, delude your selves, go ahead world, there is nothing to fight for except the so called "oppressed" which you think you are amongst, so fight for your nothing future, create your delusions, destroy the old and continue into the sky high blue.
Yes, your climb need not go on, for there is an escalator to take you higher with placards full of promises of a just and equal life, judged by others and not by you. When you're done with your climb and look around, it is not other peaks you'll see, but the dark walls of the pit you're in. Your utopia of a bright shiny light is a single lightbulb in the dark and the stars that you thought you'd reach is raised on the rooftop awaiting your worship.
Yes, keep climbing in this upside down world we're in, straight into the crevices of hell, where you won't reach any real stars but you'll have many stars of red.
Thank reading
Anni
Saturday, October 29, 2011
I Wish You ... Not!
I wish you mountains you can climb forever as high as you want to go. Valleys no longer deep becasue that would hurt you so. Why go into valley when mountains can grow, we need not look down when 'up' is where to go. Only what you want should you ever focus on, don't see other humankind, just send them a brief note and let them go on. You are first, you are magnificent, you cannot do no wrong, keep stroking your self esteem for you're important. Until you reach the top, is there such a thing? No the escalator is forever in this future of new things.
Delude your self, keep thinking you will be the elite that will be "saved" by the other elites; accepted into their inner circle never having the leave again and lift a rock. Go ahead Americans, delude your selves, go ahead world, there is nothing to fight for except the so called "oppressed" which you think you are amongst, so fight for your nothing future, create your delusions, destroy the old and continue into the sky high blue.
Yes, your climb need not go on, for there is an escalator to take you higher with placards full of promises of a just and equal life, judged by others and not by you. When you're done with your climb and look around, it is not other peaks you'll see, but the dark walls of the pit you're in. Your utopia of a bright shiny light is a single lightbulb in the dark and the stars that you thought you'd reach is raised on the rooftop awaiting your worship.
Yes, keep climbing in this upside down world we're in, straight into the crevices of hell, where you won't reach any real stars but you'll have many stars of red.
Thank reading
Anni
Delude your self, keep thinking you will be the elite that will be "saved" by the other elites; accepted into their inner circle never having the leave again and lift a rock. Go ahead Americans, delude your selves, go ahead world, there is nothing to fight for except the so called "oppressed" which you think you are amongst, so fight for your nothing future, create your delusions, destroy the old and continue into the sky high blue.
Yes, your climb need not go on, for there is an escalator to take you higher with placards full of promises of a just and equal life, judged by others and not by you. When you're done with your climb and look around, it is not other peaks you'll see, but the dark walls of the pit you're in. Your utopia of a bright shiny light is a single lightbulb in the dark and the stars that you thought you'd reach is raised on the rooftop awaiting your worship.
Yes, keep climbing in this upside down world we're in, straight into the crevices of hell, where you won't reach any real stars but you'll have many stars of red.
Thank reading
Anni
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The First Blow
A lot is said about the end of the Cold War with the destruction of the wall that separated East and West Berlin but not much is mentioned any more about that first chink placed in the Iron Curtain. The first blow that got world attention even if just for a brief moment in time. That first blow which was struck 55 years ago on this day, October 23, 1956 known as the Hungarian Revolution.
It would be nice to think that it is over. That the monsters that lived and ruled then will never be able to destroy the human spirit again. I wish that it were true. Communism never died and will never die as long as there are people willing to subject themselves to a belief that government will protect them and the rich owe them.
The very same people who now are calling for that very thing throughout the USA. Yes, Communism never dies it just moves on like a virus taking opportunity where it can to flourish in the poisoned minds of the poorly educated, the bitter, the lazy, purposeless masses. People who do not see hope in themselves but only in those who say they will provided it for them. People who think that work is not something they create for themselves but it should be created for them. People who listen to the slogans but don't bother to research it. The danger lays not in those who know, it lies in those who do not.
It is those who do not know who are the blind followers and regurgitate slogans they themselves cannot explain. Slogans full of promise that are only smoke. When asked to explain their views, these people usually just repeat what they've heard. When probed deeper or challenged by facts, they get a glazed look unable to comprehend the reality. They are the useful people at the start of any revolution for oppression.
On the other hand, the students that started the demonstration of the 1956 revolt against the Soviet oppression were actually looking for the truth and demanding it. They knew what oppression of truth was in the real sense; they grew up with it. Unable to probe into any foreign knowledge outside the Iron curtain, they were only able to sneak a few words by listening, upon pain of detention or death, to the Voice of America broadcast. They knew oppression because they could not discuss openly anything of what they thought. No political discussion was allowed, no speaking against government or it's leaders. They could not even comment about the quality of production at factories or the lack of provisions and food. It was all considered an attack on the government.
Watching the Wall St. protesters one can only wonder what their oppression is. Certainly none of the ones listed above. They are able to listen to anything they want from anywhere around the world. Their education is not restricted to books printed by government, they have ample mechanical, technical and organic items available to them. None of them complain about the lack of food, and if they did they would not be punished for it but most likely provided with more choice. They are not at lack for work because let's face it if they wanted work that is not where they'd be hanging around for so many days. People who want to find work and provide for their families have no time for demonstrations. So their choice of work is certainly available to them, after all the office of unemployment does not demand that one take any job offered. In fact not one of them is restricted from doing the any work they please, like people are under Communism.
In addition of all those listed oppressions doled out under Communism was one that few people hear about and perhaps even fewer would believe. That is the inability to choose your work even if educated to do the profession. So a doctor, educator, lawyer, scientist, artist, singer, dancer, writer, could not practice their craft but were made to do other work. Work usually decided by some social justice group. If in any way professionals offended the regime, they would be prevented from practice; the offence as small as a political joke could send one to be questioned and never to be able to work steadily again.
I am willing to bet that many people living today in the USA have no conception how that would feel. After all, here you can study and do whatever you wish to earn money, save for what is against the law. Here you can even invent work for yourself, as long as you get paid for your work or invention, it's legitimate. Under Communism everything has to be approved. Are you getting the picture yet?
What the Wall St. protesters on the most part do not realize that what they are asking for is suppression and what they are giving up is their freedom. A freedom hard fought by many before them.
In memory for those who fought, In memory for those who died
23 Oktober 1956, Budapest, Hungary
Thanks for Reading
Anni
The Hungarian National Anthem
It would be nice to think that it is over. That the monsters that lived and ruled then will never be able to destroy the human spirit again. I wish that it were true. Communism never died and will never die as long as there are people willing to subject themselves to a belief that government will protect them and the rich owe them.
The very same people who now are calling for that very thing throughout the USA. Yes, Communism never dies it just moves on like a virus taking opportunity where it can to flourish in the poisoned minds of the poorly educated, the bitter, the lazy, purposeless masses. People who do not see hope in themselves but only in those who say they will provided it for them. People who think that work is not something they create for themselves but it should be created for them. People who listen to the slogans but don't bother to research it. The danger lays not in those who know, it lies in those who do not.
It is those who do not know who are the blind followers and regurgitate slogans they themselves cannot explain. Slogans full of promise that are only smoke. When asked to explain their views, these people usually just repeat what they've heard. When probed deeper or challenged by facts, they get a glazed look unable to comprehend the reality. They are the useful people at the start of any revolution for oppression.
On the other hand, the students that started the demonstration of the 1956 revolt against the Soviet oppression were actually looking for the truth and demanding it. They knew what oppression of truth was in the real sense; they grew up with it. Unable to probe into any foreign knowledge outside the Iron curtain, they were only able to sneak a few words by listening, upon pain of detention or death, to the Voice of America broadcast. They knew oppression because they could not discuss openly anything of what they thought. No political discussion was allowed, no speaking against government or it's leaders. They could not even comment about the quality of production at factories or the lack of provisions and food. It was all considered an attack on the government.
Watching the Wall St. protesters one can only wonder what their oppression is. Certainly none of the ones listed above. They are able to listen to anything they want from anywhere around the world. Their education is not restricted to books printed by government, they have ample mechanical, technical and organic items available to them. None of them complain about the lack of food, and if they did they would not be punished for it but most likely provided with more choice. They are not at lack for work because let's face it if they wanted work that is not where they'd be hanging around for so many days. People who want to find work and provide for their families have no time for demonstrations. So their choice of work is certainly available to them, after all the office of unemployment does not demand that one take any job offered. In fact not one of them is restricted from doing the any work they please, like people are under Communism.
In addition of all those listed oppressions doled out under Communism was one that few people hear about and perhaps even fewer would believe. That is the inability to choose your work even if educated to do the profession. So a doctor, educator, lawyer, scientist, artist, singer, dancer, writer, could not practice their craft but were made to do other work. Work usually decided by some social justice group. If in any way professionals offended the regime, they would be prevented from practice; the offence as small as a political joke could send one to be questioned and never to be able to work steadily again.
I am willing to bet that many people living today in the USA have no conception how that would feel. After all, here you can study and do whatever you wish to earn money, save for what is against the law. Here you can even invent work for yourself, as long as you get paid for your work or invention, it's legitimate. Under Communism everything has to be approved. Are you getting the picture yet?
What the Wall St. protesters on the most part do not realize that what they are asking for is suppression and what they are giving up is their freedom. A freedom hard fought by many before them.
In memory for those who fought, In memory for those who died
23 Oktober 1956, Budapest, Hungary
Thanks for Reading
Anni
The Hungarian National Anthem
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