Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
–JAMES 5:1-5 (ESV)–

STOP THE ADVANCE OF SOCIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES!
–RONALD REAGAN–

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Die
Gunned down right on the streets
Rise
Against corrupt police

Favela, dystopia

Run
Urban blocks concrete
Slum
The remnants of deceit

Favela, dystopia

Neglected, addicted
A life of hard times
The living, the dying
No different than I
Ugh

Our lives don’t mean much
To those telling lies
Our fight
I’m ready to die
Yeah

Our lives don’t mean much
To those telling lies
Our fight
I’m ready to die
Die

Risе
Rise
Ugh

Our lives don’t mean much
To thosе telling lies
Our fight
I’m ready to die
Die

–Soulfly, “Favela / Dystopia”–

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Ronald Reagan, “A Time for Choosing.”

—. “Inaugural Address.”

1984 (Virgin Films, 1984). Available on VidAngel to clear out the bad stuff. This is what I used for the clip at the beginning of the podcast. This story was inspired by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. A terrifying depiction of a state where the government controls thought itself (brainwashing). Deeply anti-totalitarian and often interpreted as a critique of Marxist regimes, especially Stalinism. Strongest philosophical and psychological portrayal of the loss of freedom.

China Cry (TBN Films, 1990). Persecution and torture of Christians by Chinese communist soldiers. Exposes the horrors of communist China’s ideological purges, forced conformity, and abuse of dissidents. Strong anti-communist message, particularly regarding religious and personal freedoms.

John Foxe, The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Bridge-Logos, 2001), p. 319. For refusing to stop preaching about Christ, Evangelist Nio-Tio-Sen had his eyes gouged out, and his tongue and both hands cut off. He was then sent to a prison in Shanghai.

Richard Wurmbrand, Underground Saints: The Communist Persecution of Christians (Spire, 1969).

Dr. John R. Rice, False Doctrines (Sword, 1970), ch. 13: “Communism and Socialism.”