“Your general argument may be right. But I’m thinking it’s more like 70%/30%. I think there are that many communists in this country.”
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Most Commies aren’t even aware of their socialist proclivities.
Higher level Reds call them “Useful Idiots”.
You are right. The split might be closer to 60/40.
The true commies are very clever, even to the point of enlisting and duping people who would be vehemently anti-communist. How many lefties have you ever tried to point out to how their ideology is furthering the cause of communism and they [honestly] deny that they support communism?
What the true communists do is find a cause that will, if pursued, accomplish the same goals as they are pursuing, but is a “sympathetic” cause.
Feminism, civil rights, and environmentalism are just some quick examples of causes that the communists have gotten behind to further their goals.
If a communist pol were to get up and state that he intended to destroy capitalism and the American economy, he wouldn’t get many votes (some, of course). But if he got up and said he favored environmental policies that saved the cute cuddly polar bears and kept the earth from warming, he’d enlist a lot more support. The end result would be the same, and he’d get it done a lot faster and easier.