Like many others on this blog (and hopefully many more to come) I'm reading The Myth Of German Villainy by Benton Bradberry. As an aside the book reminded me again of the contrasting reactions in Russia and Hungary to their respective Bolshevik takeovers at the end of the Great War. In both countries the Bolshevik leaders were almost entirely Jewish and/or foreign, proportionally their numbers were minuscule, yet they still managed to forcefully subdue the native populations.
Soon after seizing power they unleashed the Red Terror in both countries and worked to destroy everything about their culture and heritage. Not exactly a popularity winning programme! In Russia they were entirely successful while in Hungary their rule lasted only about 100 days. Admittedly the Hungarian people received significant military assistance from Roumania but it's almost certain that they would have done the job themselves in quick measure anyway. Germans did an even faster job of liquidating their own Soviets in Bavaria and Berlin.
So how could the Russian people allow a minuscule band of non-Russians take over their enormous country which then suffered hitherto unimaginable levels of bloodshed and destruction? Part of the explanation lies in the Bolsheviks initially stabilising their power by meeting populist demands such as land distribution, worker ownership and of course ending Russia's role in the Great War. While it might be argued that for instance the British and Spanish Empires also took control of vast regions with relatively tiny resources there is a fundamental difference: In their cases the fighting was done by the British and Spanish themselves, albeit with the aid of some natives hostile to the dominant tribes. The natives were directly conquered after military defeat by militarily superior invaders.
But had the Russian people united against their Bolshevik oppressors the latter's end would surely have been swift. Instead there was "a weary capitulation without any spirit, helplessly, with a sense of doom” as Solzhenitsyn described it. Even the powerful Red Army stood by as its office corps was systematically wiped out over a period of a few years.
Are the Russians of today a different breed? I sure hope so as it could be that they're the White race's only hope.
Coda: A majority of the Bolshevik nomenklatura changed their Jewish names to Russian-sounding alternatives. This surely had a significant impact on the public perception of their project, disguising its essentially Jewish nature. It still goes on to this day, as JonLiebowitz Stewart knows.
Soon after seizing power they unleashed the Red Terror in both countries and worked to destroy everything about their culture and heritage. Not exactly a popularity winning programme! In Russia they were entirely successful while in Hungary their rule lasted only about 100 days. Admittedly the Hungarian people received significant military assistance from Roumania but it's almost certain that they would have done the job themselves in quick measure anyway. Germans did an even faster job of liquidating their own Soviets in Bavaria and Berlin.
So how could the Russian people allow a minuscule band of non-Russians take over their enormous country which then suffered hitherto unimaginable levels of bloodshed and destruction? Part of the explanation lies in the Bolsheviks initially stabilising their power by meeting populist demands such as land distribution, worker ownership and of course ending Russia's role in the Great War. While it might be argued that for instance the British and Spanish Empires also took control of vast regions with relatively tiny resources there is a fundamental difference: In their cases the fighting was done by the British and Spanish themselves, albeit with the aid of some natives hostile to the dominant tribes. The natives were directly conquered after military defeat by militarily superior invaders.
But had the Russian people united against their Bolshevik oppressors the latter's end would surely have been swift. Instead there was "a weary capitulation without any spirit, helplessly, with a sense of doom” as Solzhenitsyn described it. Even the powerful Red Army stood by as its office corps was systematically wiped out over a period of a few years.
Are the Russians of today a different breed? I sure hope so as it could be that they're the White race's only hope.
Coda: A majority of the Bolshevik nomenklatura changed their Jewish names to Russian-sounding alternatives. This surely had a significant impact on the public perception of their project, disguising its essentially Jewish nature. It still goes on to this day, as Jon











