This film was made in 1981, based on a true story from 1967.

A teacher explained to students what fascism and national socialism was about by immersing them into that experience without identifying it by its name.

The unsuspecting students went along and created a dedicated collectivist organization with slogans like "community," "pride," "action," and "discipline."

They traded their individuality for the sense of being a part of something bigger than themselves. They began to think, act, and feel like fascists/socialists without realizing it.

Many liked it until the teacher finally showed them a movie clip about Hitler and Hitlerjugend, telling them that this is their future with their true leader.

Then a revelation came.

The themes, the symbolics, the language, and the attitudes were just like those produced by the Obama campaign, Occupy Wall Street movement, Union rallies, and similar collectivist outfits.

It's only 46 minutes long and is very much worth watching. Never mind the Scandinavian subtitles.

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I remember watching that in high school, I think, (this would've been early 2000s, but I read the book in the late 90s--the book's pretty short, as I recall,) and I remember just as well feeling quite vindicated for my lifelong attitude of "screw all y'all." I went home and informed my mother of this and she was not pleased =-p (Mom gets all of her views from Oprah et al and hated that her firstborn couldn't've blended in with society if I tried.)

Reminiscing aside, I think this is creepy as heck in light of the current world. Times life is NOT supposed to imitate art. I'd actually not thought about the book/movie in years until I saw this, but yeah it's DEAD on >.>

Thank you Comrade's for posting the Wave. I shall spread the propaganda to our comrades in Australia.

I'm 61 years old and never heard of it either, so the quality of our present day education can't be judged solely on knowledge of this flick.

That aside, it's a disturbing film and all the more so because the attraction of: "community," "pride," "action," and "discipline" isn't something solely felt by naive political liberals. Anyone looking to "belong" to a desired group would go along with such catchphrases unless they were naturally cautious. The emphasis on independent thinking spoken of by several characters is too true. "Go along to get along" is always the call of cultural sirens.

Comrades, this film was remade in 2008 by Germans. I will neither confirm nor deny having seen this remake.

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Wow, Comrade Red, I see this sort of thing every day now. Thanks so much for posting. Perhaps you have heard of the radio station in Southern California, 94.7. It's called "94.7 The Wave."

Wonder if it has anything to do with the drought afflicting them. Just a thought, if I may be permitted.

Interesting post.

Explains why ppl join groups like GetUp! (Australian version of moveon/org), the Greens, etc and believe BS like man-made Global Warming is real and in the very end, ultimately become useful idiots to the governing elites. In one word - Communism.

Red Square wrote:This film was made in 1981, based on a true story from 1967.

I remember watching it one day on TV after school when it first came out. Maybe that is why I have been influenced in studying social psychology. I also remember as an undergrad in Research in Psychology and Social Work Research (as a grad student) when we came to the ethics section regarding research - both classes brought this up as an example.

For more information on this (in simple terms), see The Third Wave.

Note - the whole experiment (start to finish) was done in ONE school week, completed on the fifth day when the teacher revealed his purpose (to show how easy it was to make Hitlerjugend) - and even the teacher was surprised that by the third day, students had expanded out from the class of 30 to over 200 students throughout the school, and if students broke the rules, they were quick to inform the teacher of those rule infractions.

Now, imagine not just 5 school days - but 5 YEARS of training....



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Anon E. Mouse

Comrades, as a progressive, I protest. This 1981 film clearly supports the main reason why progressives need the International Community Action Committee. Any teacher or parent who violate the Constitutional rights of progressives or suspected terrorists will no longer be tolerated. The idea that placing such information and resources at children's disposal to make intelligent decisions, ethics and meaningful discussions; while watching them suffer the consequences of reality is the work of true psychopaths. The U.S. Constitution was not built to withstand the rampant abuses inflicted on children by this form of thuggery. I think it's time what we let the International Community take over our educational and justice systems, so we can focus our full attention on providing free lowriders for undocumented workers.

This video, along with the book/t.v. movie "The Children's Story" by James Clavell, should be on every parent's list to make sure their children are exposed to. The Children's Story can be read in far less than a half hour, but you'll never be the same again.


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I will defer to Comrade Trashmouth on this one. Obviously, he has hit the shovel, directly on the rivets.

Red Walrus wrote:I will defer to Comrade Trashmouth on this one. Obviously, he has hit the shovel, directly on the rivets.

The girl/children are open mouthed like so many newly hatched sparrows....Are you sure they are watching Dear Leader, or....possibly a previous leader?

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I bailed out of the video after only a few minutes and went looking for the real story behind the fictionalization. I found some interesting things; most of them peripheral (or are they?) to this discussion.

First odd thing I noticed is how many praiseworthy mentions this story gets from Left-wing socialists! For instance, the movie was produced by the Leftie icon Norman Lear, and the teacher's story (whose real name is Ron Jones) is posted on a self-described "Libertarian Communist (!)" site.

Browsing through the comments section, I see the oh-so-typical-of-Communists' denouncing of Fascism as if it is different, in any real way, from their own creed. Yes, the myth that Fascism and Communism are opposites is still very much alive, but it's amazing (or is it just more proof of the story's lesson?) that they do not recognize themselves in this story at all!

Of personal interest to me is that I am in the same cohort as the high school class that participated in this -- and I remember the same question that started all of it being asked in my high school as well. FWIW, my teacher, who had been an Allied spy in Germany during WWII, simply said that Hitler was capable of "mass hypnosis."

Now that I've read The Road To Serfdom, much later in life, I think the Palo Alto teacher was closer to the truth than mine.

theresistance wrote:This video, along with the book/t.v. movie "The Children's Story" by James Clavell, should be on every parent's list to make sure their children are exposed to. The Children's Story can be read in far less than a half hour, but you'll never be the same again.


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Chilling. Absolutely chilling. Oooooh, I'm cold. Very cold. Very. Dead, I think I'm dead. Is cold the same as dead? Maybe. Maybe not. Numb is as good as dead, right? Or, is it the same as life? I no longer have any idea and I don't know whether I am alive or dead.

Long live Utopia! And, more importantly, long live "The Wave!"

Pamalinsky wrote: Perhaps you have heard of the radio station in Southern California, 94.7. It's called "94.7 The Wave."

Ahhh, yes, The Wave. Built upon the smoldering ruins of 'The Mighty Met' (KMET). I had the displeasure of being nauseated regaled by this station while on the way to tuning in KLSX to listen to that glorious philosopher Dr. Demento. Truth be told, I am sure KTWV has satisfied the listening needs of the tens of its followers.