Communism has been with us for a while. 1930s.
The Hero McCarthy beat them back, then Reagan. I don’t understand why they suddenly strengthened in the last 5-6 years.
Some say Obama.
Another interesting idea was the Wall Street crash of 2008 (sales of Marx’s book increased then).
I think/wonder if it just took that long for the leftist colleges to start making a big impact on outlooks from when they started really being dominated by the left (1990s?)
“I don’t understand why they suddenly strengthened in the last 5-6 years.“
I see what you’re saying.
You throw a commie or two in the middle of a large group of CORRUPT American politicians and they don’t necessarily decide “hey, let’s go communist!”
Corrupt politicians start out wanting money and power.. Our laws here (until recently, as you’ve stated) don’t provide that for them.
Leftism does. I don’t think the majority of them believe they’re commies; they just love easy corruption. And that’s the way the few commie “seeds” of the past spread it through our government. - Easy $$$ and POWER.
After all, in their minds, they’re BETTER than us. They’re SMARTER than us. They DESERVE to be “in charge”. And STAY that way.
Our American system was about simply REPRESENTING the population for short periods. They don’t like that at all.
“Communism has been with us for a while. 1930s.”
Earlier. Marxism even earlier.