Keynes at Harvard

Excerpted from chapter one of Keynes at Harvard by Zygmund Dobbs:

"Investigation discloses that the philosophy responsible for the bulk of our university thinking does not bear the label of Marxism or Communism; it is instead propounded as something called Keynesism. Keynesism is so-called after John Maynard Keynes, British economist, (1883-1946). His teachings are today considered an ideological base for British and American Socialists.

"To get at the nub of the matter, one must trace back the evolution of such thinking, starting with the undergraduates and working back to the source of the infection. Using as a basis only factual material, this study penetrated the labyrinths of a socialist-communist-fascist underworld. The term underworld has been found to be the most descriptive of this melange.

"It is well known that in the criminal underworld many divergent elements, some of which fight each other to the death, find a unity in their general opposition to regularly constituted authority. In the general political underworld of socialist-communist and fascist movements, totalitarians may kill, maim and enslave one another without mercy but a hatred of free enterprise capitalism represents a common faith and gives them a common denominator.

"No matter what phase of left-wing infiltration we study, be it in government, in information media, in foundations, in labor unions, or whether we deal with Keynesian socialism, neo-Marxian socialism or with Bolshevik communism, the tracks lead inevitably to Harvard University. This does not mean that Harvard has a monopoly of the leftist host. The roots of left-wing ideology have penetrated deep into most of the large universities and colleges of America. However, Harvard has led all the rest in spawning exponents of the three brands of leftism mentioned above. The Harvard Graduate School has flooded the whole academic world with teachers trained in such leftist thinking."

Those words were written in 1969; how much worse has it become today? The Leftists have been trying their damnedest to take over this country for at least fifty years.

Like the late Tom Clancy, I'm pretty well convinced that this is not by accident or even social convergence, but rather is the result of a deliberate attack launched by the Soviets during the early years of the Cold War. It may even go back previous to World War II, but it really started to bear its rotten fruit in the 1960s, fronted by the willing dupes of the so-called "counterculture" movement. Today, the grandchildren of those dupes -- products of our nearly worthless public education system -- continue their uninformed attacks on the very concepts which built the greatest nation in human history.

Unfortunately, human nature is on the side of the neo-socialists: sloth and selfishness are easy sells to the masses. On offer from capitalism are hard work and deferred gratification, with promise of reward equal only to the effort which you put into your own life. Given the choice, the great mass of humanity will always choose to set on its collective haunches and eat scraps rather than risk their lives hunting for fresh meat. Marx knew this; so did Lenin. And Keynes. And pretty well every politician in the modern Democrat party...

You can read the entire book online here.


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Hat-tip to Vizigoth