Two problems come to mind. When the democrats and neocons tell them Russia today is the same as the USSR, they believe it.
And the flip side of that coin is that when their own politicians are pure communist...they don’t recognize it.
They see open eradication of religion, calls for nationalization of medicine, calls for ending free speech, a total surveillance state like the world has never seen, Bernie saying Americans don’t need 20 different kinds of toothpaste, DHS, TSA, CIA, NSA, a nomenklatura that is above the law. A state controlled press, the legalization of domestic propaganda, calls for criminalizing certain thoughts about the environment, celebrations of abortion, the characterization of political opposition as mental illness, a government that uses the tools of government against political opponents,,etc...
They see all of that and it doesn’t ring a bell. They don’t now communism when they swim in it...
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Two problems come to mind. When the democrats and neocons tell them Russia today is the same as the USSR, they believe it.
And the flip side of that coin is that when their own politicians are pure communist...they don’t recognize it.
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Sorry, but B.S. Kids today wouldn’t KNOW the difference between Russia & the USSR. We ARE talking govt indoctrination centers here.
As to your 2nd point, most pols ARE Socialist+ (I might be able to count on one hand those not so). Which leads right into your “...religion, calls for nationalization...”
What happens w/ 100yrs+ of (R)NC ‘poo-pooing’ the alarms raised: ‘public education’, ‘public funding’, ACLU, teachers unions, conc. of power in D.C.