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Unhumans

Unhumans

The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
by Jack Posobiec 2024 272 pages
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Key Takeaways

1. Communism is a tactic of "unhumans" driven by resentment and cruelty.

Communism is when ugly deformed freaks make it illegal to be normal then rob and/or kill all successful people out of petty resentment and cruelty.

Beyond ideology. This book argues that communism is not a coherent philosophy but a tactic used by individuals consumed by nihilism, cynicism, and envy. These "unhumans" seek the destruction of human society, order, and basic rights (life, liberty, property). Their goal is not equality but an excuse to destroy everything and everyone they resent.

Anti-civilization force. Unhumans oppose everything that makes up humanity and civilization. They specifically reject the human rights of others and seek to "unhuman" anyone in their way. Their actions are driven by petty resentment and cruelty, with any stated ideology merely serving as window dressing for their destructive aims.

Rob and kill. The core action of unhumans, once they gain power, is to rob and kill. They target those they deem "haves" or "oppressors," taking their possessions and lives. This pattern is consistent across history, regardless of the specific time, place, or name they adopt (socialists, leftists, progressives, etc.).

2. Unhumans win before fighting using Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE).

To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

Strategic preparation. Unhumans employ a strategy akin to military Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE) to gain advantage before open conflict. This involves minimizing surprise and managing uncertainty by shaping the "human terrain" of a society. Their goal is to stack the odds heavily in their favor.

Three stages of OPE: Radicals prepare the environment through three steps:

  • Separation: Dividing society into "haves" (oppressors) and "have-nots" (oppressed) based on grievances (real or imagined).
  • Messaging: Cultivating discontent and anger among the have-nots, assigning blame to the haves through propaganda across all available media.
  • Infiltration: Infiltrating key social and political institutions to gain hard and soft power, creating "inside men" and choke points.

Exploiting fissures. Unhumans identify and exploit pre-existing social divisions, such as economic class, race, or religion. They use persuasion like a viral contagion, infecting perceived allies with envy and hatred, thereby organizing a powder keg of bitter people ready for incitement.

3. Revolution follows a predictable three-act arc: Incite, Seize, Purge.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery … revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

The revolutionary playbook. Once OPE is complete, the unhuman revolution unfolds in three predictable acts, as documented by Marx and Engels and demonstrated throughout history. This arc moves from initial conflict to total control and elimination of opposition.

Act I: Incite. The pre-revolution civil war, raging within society, breaks out into open revolution. This is the moment of first violence, the breaking of glass, the first shots fired. It is the unleashing of the unhumans, often a surprise to those targeted, marking the transition from preparation to kinetic action.

Act II: Seize. Following the initial shock and terror, the have-nots shift to prolonged robbing. They take life, liberty, and property, often in reverse order. This includes abolishing private property, implementing heavy taxes, confiscating assets, and centralizing control of credit, communication, and production in the hands of the state.

Act III: Purge. The final act is the literal removal of those labeled oppressors and all memory of them. This involves ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, genocide, famine, and brainwashing. Monuments are torn down, history is rewritten, and the next generation is made to forget what was lost, ensuring the total annihilation of the old order and its supporters.

4. Early revolutions (France, Russia) demonstrate the pattern and terror.

The first policy of the unhuman is terror, as Robespierre wrote to his fellow leftists.

French Terror. The French Revolution (1789) serves as a proto-communist example, predating Marx. Driven by resentment against the aristocracy and clergy, radicals used OPE to divide society. The storming of the Bastille was the incitement. The seizure involved confiscating Church property and nationalizing assets. The purge, known as the Reign of Terror, saw tens of thousands executed by guillotine, including the king, queen, nobles, clergy, and eventually, revolutionaries themselves.

Russian Bloodshed. The 1917 Russian Revolution was the first true communist revolution. Preceded by deep social divisions and military humiliation, Lenin's Bolsheviks used OPE (Peace, Land, Bread messaging, soviet infiltration) to incite uprising. The seizure involved nationalizing banks and property. The purge was brutal and total, including the execution of the Romanov family and the dekulakization campaign, which targeted prosperous peasants for mass murder and deportation.

Terror as a tool. Both revolutions highlight terror as the primary tool of the unhuman. By the time the target feels terror, it is often too late to resist. The violence was often chaotic and mismanaged, as seen in the botched execution of the Romanovs, but the intent to rob and kill was clear and pervasive.

5. Communism targets and destroys traditional institutions, especially religion and family.

The Communists … desire to introduce, in substitution for a hypocritically concealed, an openly legalised community of women.

Undermining foundations. A consistent target of communist revolutions is traditional institutions that provide social cohesion and moral authority outside of the state. Religion and the family unit are primary targets because they represent loyalties and structures that compete with the absolute authority of the Party.

Attacks on religion. In France, churches were desecrated and clergy murdered or forced to swear loyalty oaths to the state. In Spain, the anti-Catholic terror involved mass killings of clergy and the destruction of religious sites. In Russia and China, religious practice was suppressed, churches were destroyed or repurposed, and religious leaders were persecuted or co-opted by the state (e.g., KGB control of the Orthodox Church).

Attacks on family. The Communist Manifesto explicitly calls for the abolition of traditional family structures and the establishment of a "community of women," effectively advocating for the state's control over sexual relationships and child-rearing. This undermines the family as a source of private loyalty and wealth accumulation, making individuals more dependent on the state.

6. "Great Men" can crush communist uprisings through decisive action.

Wherever I am, there will be no communism.

Counter-revolutionary force. While communism often triumphs due to the inaction of its opponents, history shows that decisive action by strong leaders can crush uprisings. These "Great Men" (or women) possess the will and means to meet the unhumans' force with overwhelming counter-force.

Examples of counter-revolution:

  • Julius Caesar: Faced with a crumbling Roman Republic and rising class conflict, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and subsequent actions restored order and prevented a potential proto-communist collapse.
  • Francisco Franco: In the Spanish Civil War, Franco unified nationalist forces against the communist-socialist republic. Despite being out-resourced by global communist support, his strategic leadership and the internal conflicts of the left led to nationalist victory, preventing a communist takeover of Spain.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte: Ended the chaos of the French Revolution with a coup, restoring order, the Catholic Church (though under state control), and establishing a stable legal code.

Will to power. These leaders demonstrated a clear will to power and a refusal to allow the unhumans to succeed. They understood that the threat was existential and required a response that went beyond conventional politics or hoping for the best.

7. China's revolution highlights the extreme human cost and internal purges.

Before they died, people often lost their senses and ceased to be human beings.

Mao's brutality. The Chinese Communist Revolution, led by Mao Zedong, stands out for its protracted nature and unparalleled human cost. Mao's brand of communism, Maoism, was particularly savage, viewing pain and suffering as necessary for purification and progress.

Mass death by policy. Mao's policies resulted in tens of millions of deaths:

  • Land Reform Campaign: Millions of landowners executed in the 1950s.
  • Great Leap Forward: A disastrous attempt at rapid industrialization and collectivization (1958-1962) that destroyed agricultural tools and led to a famine killing 47-60 million people, with instances of cannibalism.
  • Cultural Revolution: A campaign (1966-1976) to purge Mao's perceived enemies within the Party and society, mobilizing youth (Red Guards) to persecute intellectuals and anyone deemed counter-revolutionary, leading to millions more deaths and widespread destruction of cultural heritage.

Internal purges. Like other communist regimes, the CCP under Mao was characterized by constant internal purges. Leaders who questioned Mao, like Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi, were targeted. The Cultural Revolution was explicitly launched to regain control over the Party itself, demonstrating the Ouroboros nature of communism eating its own.

8. The US Civil Rights era marked the rise of Cultural Marxism and institutional infiltration.

The Age of McCarthyism, it turns out, was not the simple witch hunt of the innocent by the malevolent as two generations of high school and college students have been taught.

New American founding. The book argues that the 1960s Civil Rights era, while addressing legitimate grievances like Jim Crow, also marked a shift towards Cultural Marxism in the US. This reinterpreted the struggle as oppressor vs. oppressed based on cultural identity (race, gender, etc.) rather than just legal equality.

Institutional infiltration. Radicals infiltrated academia during this period, establishing grievance studies departments and indoctrinating students. This influence spread to other institutions (media, government, NGOs), embedding the oppressor-oppressed framework and leading to policies like "disparate impact" and "affirmative action," which the book argues reinstitutionalized discrimination against certain groups.

McCarthy was right. Senator Joseph McCarthy's warnings about communist infiltration in the US government and institutions in the 1950s were largely dismissed as a "Red Scare." However, later declassified Venona Intercepts confirmed significant Soviet espionage and influence within the US government, suggesting McCarthy's concerns were valid, though his methods were controversial.

9. Cold War proxy wars spread the communist tactic globally.

Our commitment to human rights must be absolute … there can be no nobler nor more ambitious task for America to undertake on this day of a new beginning than to help shape a just and peaceful world that is truly humane.

Soviet globalism. Following World War II, the Soviet Union actively sponsored communist revolutions and movements worldwide, acting as the first globalist power seeking to remake the world in its image. This led to numerous proxy wars with the West, guided by containment strategies like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.

Exporting revolution. Examples of Soviet-backed communist takeovers include:

  • Cuba (1953-1959): Fidel Castro, a KGB-backed agent, overthrew Batista's corrupt regime, establishing a communist state 90 miles from the US, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Che Guevara oversaw brutal purges and economic collapse.
  • Chile (1970-1973): Salvador Allende, a Marxist with KGB ties, was elected and began seizing property and suppressing opposition, planning widespread violence. A military coup led by Pinochet, supported by the Chilean Congress and people, prevented a full communist takeover.
  • Nicaragua (1978-1990): Sandinista rebels, backed by the USSR and Cuba, overthrew the Somoza regime. US President Jimmy Carter's human rights focus led him to withdraw support for Somoza, enabling the Sandinista victory, which resulted in mass killings, property theft ("Sandinista Piñata"), and repression.

Human rights weaponized. The book argues that human rights activism was sometimes weaponized by leftists to demonize leaders who effectively fought communism (like Pinochet and Somoza), hindering efforts to stop totalitarianism and allowing communist forces to gain power.

10. The modern threat is an "Irregular Communist Revolution" using gray zone tactics.

The gray zone describes a set of activities that occur between peace (or cooperation) and war (or armed conflict).

Gray zone warfare. The book posits that the West is currently experiencing an "Irregular Communist Revolution" fought in the "gray zone." This involves gradualist campaigns below the threshold of armed conflict, using non-military and quasi-military tools to destabilize and weaken the target society.

Cultural Marxist targets. Unlike traditional communism targeting economic class, this irregular revolution is Cultural Marxist, targeting social and cultural terrains (media, education, government, etc.). The oppressor-oppressed framework is applied to cultural identities, leading to policies and social pressures based on perceived group status rather than individual merit or actions.

Microrevolutions. A key tactic is the "microrevolution," a compressed, intense social movement targeting individuals or organizations. This includes cancel culture, doxxing, debanking, deplatforming, and lawfare. These actions aim to neutralize targets, silence dissent, and terrorize sympathizers into self-censorship, achieving the effects of traditional purges without open violence or mass arrests.

11. Defeating unhumans requires understanding their tactics and employing reciprocal action.

What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say goodbye to his family?

Reciprocity is key. The Iron Law of Exact Reciprocity (an eye for an eye) is presented as essential for maintaining civilization and defeating unhumans. When unhumans use tactics to destroy their enemies, those targeted must respond with reciprocal force, using the enemy's own weapons against them.

Counter-tactics:

  • Humiliation/Exposure: Using tactics like doxxing, naming and shaming, and public exposure against the unhumans themselves, turning their weapon of terror back on them.
  • Lawfare: Employing legal means (lawsuits, subpoenas, RICO actions) against unhuman organizations and individuals who misuse the legal system or engage in subversive activities.
  • Boycotts: Organizing sustained economic boycotts against companies and institutions that support or enable unhuman agendas.

Will to fight back. History shows that unhumans only stop when they are stopped. This requires a willingness to engage in conflict, even if it's a gray zone war, and to use the enemy's tactics reciprocally. Waiting for them to eat themselves is passive and leaves innocents vulnerable.

12. Normal people can fight back by preparing their environment and using mockery/exposure.

Left Wing Billionaires think like great men of history whose goal is to change the world. Right Wing Billionaires think middle managers whose goal is to not go broke.

Become a combatant. In the irregular gray zone revolution, there is no distinction between civilian and combatant. Normal people are already targets and must become active participants in the counter-revolution. This requires preparing one's environment and network for defense.

Counter-revolutionary OPE:

  • Separate: Build a trusted network of like-minded people in key societal terrains (government, education, media, economy, religion, arts). Align your life (finances, education, business) to be independent of institutions controlled by unhumans.
  • Message: Deploy the unhuman's bane: laughter and mockery. Refuse to apologize or explain yourself when targeted. Use humor, ridicule, and public exposure (like lists or transparency initiatives) to neutralize their terror and shame them.
  • Infiltrate: Become active in local institutions (school boards, city councils, community groups) or build alternative institutions (homeschool co-ops, values-aligned businesses) to counter unhuman influence from within or without.

Unite and act. Victory requires unanimous and resolute action, not isolated efforts. While "Great Men" are needed, normal people must unite, support counter-revolutionary leaders, and actively engage in the gray zone conflict using reciprocal tactics. The goal is to win before the fight escalates, protecting civilization by refusing to surrender its values or institutions.

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4.08 out of 5
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Unhumans by Jack Posobiec receives mixed reviews. Supporters praise it as an important expose of communist tactics and history, while critics dismiss it as paranoid propaganda. The book draws parallels between historical communist revolutions and current leftist movements in the US. Some readers find the historical analysis informative, while others argue it misrepresents facts. The writing style and repetitive phrases are criticized by several reviewers. Overall, the book appears divisive, with ratings largely split between 5 and 1 stars.

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About the Author

Jack Posobiec is a right-wing political commentator and author. He graduated from Temple University and served as a Naval Intelligence Officer, including a deployment to Guantanamo Bay. Posobiec is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. He has gained prominence as a conservative activist and media figure, known for promoting controversial viewpoints and conspiracy theories. Posobiec has worked with various right-wing media outlets and organizations. His writing often focuses on criticizing left-wing ideologies and defending conservative positions. Unhumans, co-authored with Joshua Lisec, is his latest work examining the history and tactics of communist movements.

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