Communism, Islam and Criminal Clans

After the party "Die Linke" won the local election in Berlin there has been a lot of discussion about their connection to criminal Arab/Turkish clans and Islamism in general.

The boss of the Remmo clan, one of the major clans in Berlin, visited the after-election party of "The Linke", and said to a journalist that for the first time he feels supported by a party in Germany.

"The Linke" rejected any suggestion that they may have connections into organized crime. In response, the clan boss’s son published text messages in which a member of parliament of "The Linke" called him brother and wishing his father (the clan boss) well. It became known that in the past this same member of parliament had used his privileges to obtain detailed operational information on police actions and tactics against the clans.

Those are the facts as I understand them.

Many commentators base their response on the assumption that communists and islamists are more or less playing by the same rules as everybody else. That assumption is wrong!

Islamism and communism have the same concept of truth and lie. Both believe themselves to be in possession of the absolute truth and therefore anything they do, including lying, is permitted. Their ideologies have no moral or ethical underpinning.The end justifies all means.

Islamism and communism are ideologies that play by democratic rules only as long as they are not in power. Anything that they say about supporting peaceful transition of power through free elections, freedom of expression or separation of powers, are either outright lies, or come from "useful idiots" who will be eliminated soon after power has been obtained.

One just has to look at Iran where the communists and islamists worked together to remove the Shah, but as soon as the Islamists got into power, communists were killed, imprisoned or forced to leave the country.

However, do not think that the outcome would have been much different if communists had gotten the upper hand. The same fate would have waited for the islamists.

What I have said about Islamism is equally true about the connection between communists and organized crime. If communists believe criminal clans can help them to get elected, there will be no hesitation to use that help. Of course, after communists get into power the old adage applies: You can recognize communist systems by the fact that they spare criminals and criminalize the political enemy.