In an amoral system, this promotion of communism is one way to get your team on top — at least for a while until it collapses and your team is now on top of worthless rubbish.
My dad had a copy of a pamphlet published in the early 50’s by the AFL-CIO titled something like “Don’t Shoot The Piano Player,” and it was adamantly anti-communist.
So was the Democrat party. And the public schools. And most of the media.
It was a long time ago...