U.S. Space Force officer Matthew Lohmeier recently self-published a book warning of the widespread spread of Marxism and critical race theory in the military, which topped Amazon’s best-seller list after he himself was previously removed from his post by his commanding officer.
On the evening of May 16, a new book by Matthew Lohmeier, Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military the American Military) reached the top of Amazon.com’s bestseller list.
This comes after the Space Force confirmed that Lohmeier had been relieved of command “due to a loss of confidence.
According to a Space Force statement sent to the news media over the weekend of May 14, “The decision was based on public comments made by Lt. Col. (Space Combat Command) Lt. Gen. Whiting has initiated a command investigation (CDI) to determine if the comments constitute prohibited partisan political activity.”
Lohmeier’s “public comments” were made on the Operation Information podcast, where he promoted his new book and criticized Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for his promotion in recent months of Marxist and postmodernist Critical Race Theory (CRT) agenda.
Lomeyer said, “I’m not demonizing this man, but I want to make it clear to him and to every active duty service member that this agenda will divide us and it will not bring us together.” He asserted that Austin’s advocacy of “diversity, inclusion and fairness,” which he and others believe “comes from critical race theory, which is rooted in Marxism.
Critical race theory is an offshoot of the Marxist “critical theory” that took American universities by storm in the second half of the 20th century.
Critics of critical race theory say that the ideology often focuses on “structural racism” or “systemic racism,” which some argue often refers to whites or Europeans as the oppressors and minorities as the oppressed, while redefining American history and culture. Defining American history and culture. Critics of the theory compare this labeling practice to how the Soviet Union and other communists reduced society to an eternal struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.
Several Republican states have proposed or passed bills to ban the teaching of critical race theory in schools and the New York Times-backed “1619 Project” (a long-term journalism project developed by the New York Times that aims to ‘reshape American history by analyzing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans. shaping the history of America’.) The program draws heavily on critical race theory.
Lomeyer said on the podcast, “The current situation in the U.S. military is that if you’re a conservative and willing to voice your opinion, then you’re lumped into a group that’s labeled extremists. However, if you align yourself with the left, then it’s OK to be an activist online because no one will hold you accountable.”
Lohmeier told Military.com that he is not trying to take sides in the partisan battle between Republicans and Democrats.
“I never intended to get involved in partisan politics, and I wrote a book about a particular political ideology (Marxism) in the hope that our Department of Defense would be as glorious as it has been historically and return to non-partisanship in politics.”
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