[weegee]

There is no US in their worldview. It would cease to exist. Would it merge with Canada and Mexico? Who knows.

The constitutional form of government we have would be overthrown. With that, the constitution itself.

That is no "leftist US" any more than independent Russia, Ukraine, Poland, etc. are still the USSR.

[elfman2]

In practice, effective leftist and communist are more akin to little dictators than ideological brothers. They’re not ideologically unified to the degree that they’d surrender their fiefdom (like the US) to a greater good of world communism if it wasn’t to their benefit. That’s why other communist nation’s haven’t unified. In part, it’s why the EU is faltering.

The lack of independence among USSR states was in large part a result of their capture and rapid subjugation by Stalin in WWII, and AFAIK had little to do with the supremacy of their ideological unity.

I think that only a small minority of anti-war people want dictatorial power. But perhaps it’s a majority among their leadership depending on how that’s defined. My sense is that most are just emotionally disturbed, misguided and acting out and want the easy answers and salvation that the left promises to the harsh realities that they can’t or won’t face. I suspect that most would love a far left version of the US, with a trendy progressive interpretation of the Constitution that protected them, even if it meant our standard of living went into freefall, but with them immune of course.

It’s those people that I’m concerned about because their message is persuasive. I think that the hard core US haters are generally counter productive and self destruct, as long as they’re forced to expose themselves like this.