Some people thought Marxism was defeated in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall, and two years later in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet Union. But the conflict between Marxism and “the West” was not fundamentally military, and many Marxists understood that a full century before the Berlin Wall came down.

Wheeler’s book is about Cultural Marxism — the Marxism that has been slowly degrading our society and institutions — and explains why it’s a threat to our children. She describes how Antonio Gramsci (1891 — 1937), an Italian Communist, developed the plan to conquer Western Christian society through a slow and steady process of gaining administrative control of universities and public schools, and subverting the traditional family and Christianity. Some of his methods included promoting vices such as pornography, gambling, drugs, debt, etc. — which were calculated to demoralize a population that might resist.

During the 19th-century industrial revolution that took place in countries like England and Germany, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels expected that the “workers” would revolt against the capitalists. But they didn’t. Why? It was because, despite harsh conditions in the factories and mines, the workers were simply better off than they were in their prior circumstances “on the farm.”

And the Marxist revolution that did succeed — the “Russian Revolution” — was not a worker’s revolt. Leon Trosky (whose real name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein) said, “the Russian Revolution was neither Russian nor a revolution.” By that he meant that it was not an organic revolt of industrial workers, but a coup — a well-organized, planned putsch by a relatively small group of ideologically driven Bolsheviks, financed by New York bankers. The Bolsheviks had little support among the Russian people. A significant percentage — some say a majority — of leading Bolsheviks were not ethnically Russian, but rather, were Jews.

Wheeler writes, “When the Bolsheviks seized power during the Russian Revolution in 1917, they first obliterated the church.” Throughout her book, she gives many examples that Cultural Marxism — like violent Bolshevik Marxism — targets Christianity for destruction or subversion.

Older readers may remember G. Edward Griffin’s 1968 interview with Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB agent who defected and endeavored to warn Americans about the Marxist strategy to subvert and undermine the character of Americans and their institutions.

While reading Wheeler’s book, it’s easy to compare her with Phyllis Schlafly. At age 35, Wheeler is a young, attractive, devout Catholic mother, with two children under age five. She had a successful conservative political show on the OAN network, but downshifted her career to marry and have children. Despite “going independent,” she has maintained a popular show on Blaze TV (https://get.blazetv.com/wheeler/). Phyllis Schlafly wrote thousands of columns, reports, and articles about complex subjects in a way ordinary people could understand. Wheeler is able to do the same.

The author doesn’t just write in generalities — she names the names of Cultural Marxists who have made a mark in this country: The Frankfurt School, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse, who came to the U.S. from Germany during the 1930s, Wilhelm Reich (sexual revolution), and Gayle Rubin (queer theory) — to name a few.

Followers of Schlafly will be interested in her discussion of Betty Friedan, whose maiden name was Goldstein and who grew up in — of all places — Peoria, Illinois. Friedan’s 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, sold more than three million copies during its first three years in print. Schlafly’s 1964 book, A Choice Not an Echo, also sold more than three million copies.

In 1978, Schlafly and Friedan debated at Illinois State University in what could be described as a clash between Cultural Marxism and traditional morality and institutions. Wheeler builds a case that Friedan was a committed and active Marxist years before she sold herself as “just” an unhappy housewife.

Many books only discuss the problem of Cultural Marxism, but Wheeler recommends actions and solutions:

1. Fight the cultural battles over social issues,
2. Ban critical race theory from government, schools, and companies that do business with the government,
3. Ban queer theory,
4. Ban puberty blockers,
5. Fight back against public schools,
6. Take back colleges and universities,
7. Homeschool your children and grandchildren,
8. Ban ESG (environmental, social, and governance) metrics and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion),
9. Abolish the administrative state,
10. Take back your states,
11. Go to church, and
12. HIDE YOUR CHILDREN.

The author is not a bashful Catholic. The appendices to her book include, in addition to the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, four papal encyclicals on various topics.

Her admonition to “hide your children” is a reminder to parents and grandparents that today’s Cultural Marxists are targeting our children. She writes: “A friend once told me, ‘You know why they’re not having drag queen story hours in nursing homes? Because there are no kids there — and they’re after the kids.’”

Hide Your Children is definitely worth the read.

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