[jonrick46]

The creation of Boogiemen was an element of the novel 1984. It is a common human enterprise. What it is being used for is the heart of the matter. Marxism believes in the collective and the individual is subservient to the collective. Marxism is derived from ancient belief systems of Tribalism. At the dawn of man, humans lived in tribes, working together for survival in a harsh environment. Individualism did not work well for the group think. Cooperation of the collective was needed for the harsh threats of the environment. Man has since moved ahead from his closed society to the pinnacles of achievement. The concept of private-property and Capitalism came about from the rise of agriculture and distribution. Technology and science came about because of individualism. It is the return to Tribalism that is the driving force of the Marxist Left. It uses bullying tactics and that is its dead giveaway. The Left denies Natural Rights which are the sovereignty of the individual. It seeks to take man back to his ancient past where a ruling elite exists by suppressing the individual under the yoke of the collective.

[WayneLusvardi]

There are no tribes in America except American Indian tribes. Yes tribes were collective in nature. But modernity brought about the rise of the Middle Class and the Industrial Working Class not the middle tribe. Marxists oppose the bourgeoisie middle class (nuclear family). What happened after the New Deal was the rise of a second middle class - the Knowledge Class comprised of intellectuals, academics, professionals, heath and social welfare workers and the unionized working class. This second middle class is almost entirely dependent on government outlays and has class resentment toward Capitalists. They believe they have superior knowledge and thus have a monopoly on running government. This resentment is a social marker of their class consciousness (Marx). Communism is a revolt against alienation but alienation is what gives us freedom from tribes, clans, castes, social classes and totalitarianism. Property rights adhere to individuals, husband and wives, limited liability companies and corporations, not to tribes. I understand what you are driving at when using the word “tribe” but one must understand their adversary. And to understand them is to become aware that they are an adversarial Middle Class that needs to rule over the Private Middle Class and industrial Working Class in order to extract resources for their livelihood. Class, not tribe.