“When we look at things like the DDR, Nazi Germany, Pol Pot’s Cambodia, North Korea, we see evil, human misery and degradation, fear, injustice, etc...”
Union government has elements of all those.
There is a philosophical divide. Where we see evil they see good. Where we see oppression they see opportunity, etc. The problem is all of that good stuff for them comes at our expense. We get nothing but misery out of the “bargain.” Biden, Obama, Schumer, the Cortez nitwit, etc. are not misguided or well intentioned they are evil.