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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

 

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins
Internally, when anticommunism is the ruling ideology, almost the national religion, any legitimate complain from below can easily be dismissed as communist. Anything that would be an obvious inconvenience to the small clique of rich families that run the country can be easily categorized as dangerous revolution and cast aside. This includes any web of socialism or social democracy, any land reform and any regulation that would reduce monopoly power and allow for more efficient development and market competition. It includes unions and any normal demands for workers rights.



 


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