Khrushchev
Janet Kuypers
9/13/19 (the day in 1953
when Nikita Khrushchev is
appointed General Secretary
of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union)
During the Cold War,
Elton John released
the album and single
“Nikita”. Oh, Nikita,
you will never know
anything about my
home... counting 10
ten soldiers in a row....
When they released
a video for this song,
Nikita was depicted
as a blonde woman
East German border
guard with short hair.
Perhaps they forgot
Nikita is a male name,
for Nikita Khrushchev,
the Communist during
the Cold War’s start.
The video makers
must have thought
a woman would catch
more eyes in their
video, even if Elton
John disagreed.
Just after the recent
death of Benito Mussolini,
and from fascist to Führer,
the death of Adolf Hitler,
the left needed a new leader
on their slippery slope
from socialism (because
National Socialism became
the Nazi line) to communism.
And as we turn the pages
of the history books
of destruction, we see
the details of the years
of the struggle each leader
went through in order
to achieve their power.
This is no different
for communism (look back
on the recent leaders
in Russian history and
tell me I’m wrong). It
starts with leaders naming
towns after themselves,
but it always turns to
expanding their space,
so they can feel they rule
over more and more
mindless masses. And no,
it may not have been
Khrushchev who heard
Reagan proudly proclaim
to tear down that wall,
but as they “struggle”
to power and domination,
they all do the same things
to try to put the people
in their “place”. So I don’t
care if you’re an actress
playing a border guard
or if you’re end goal is to
rule a submissive nation,
our response is the same,
Nikita. Stop trying
to rule our lives. We don’t
like your song and dance,
and we all have the strength
to make it on our own.
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