We used to correctly call Communism “Godless,” thus “In God we trust” on the coinage starting 1956.
Sadly, we let the “intellectuals” and atheists take over, and instead of labeling communism what it is: man over God, we get crap like this from a mainstream high school textbook:
German philosopher Karl Marx saw communism
as the end result of an essential
historical process. Russian revolutionary
Vladimir Lenin built on Marx’s theories and
sought ways of applying those theories.
Ultimately, however, Lenin’s communist
state—the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR)—became a one-party, totalitarian
system.
Our children are thus taught that communism was, rather than imperfect and Godless, inherently good but implemented imperfectly.
As to the topic of this thread: the sexual revolution, be under the Marxists or in the 1950s/60s American cultural wars, is man placing himself over God. Never works out well for the one who places himself above God...
I agree with your premises and conclusions. Marx did more than hate our Lord, he envied Him. So did most of the revolutionaries from that time. So it was never the case that our Lord did not exist but rather the envious hate-fueled revolutionaries did not want Him to exist.