The siren call of the philosophy espoused by Karl Marx has never been stopped completely, and a whole new generation is coming up that have never learned of the failures of this ideology, or choose not to concern themselves with the past failures, because now that THEY are in charge, this time it will “work right”.
Teddy Kennedy truly believed he was the anointed one who could make it “work right”.
But he never got to the Presidency (not that he ever could have, given the events at Chappaquiddick). In his place, he sent first George McGovern, then later Walter Mondale, but had personal and philosophical differences with Jimmy Carter. Billy Jeff was not his personal choice, but that had more to do with jealousy than doctrinal differences. Al Gore was clearly Teddy’s man, as was that barnacle on Massachusetts politics, Jean-Francois Kerre`, but the whole substitute came with the Current Occupant now squatting in the White Hut (or “Spite Hut”).
Yes, the excuse is that Marxism has never “really” been tried. Well, the reason is that it is a flawed philosophy that CANNOT work. It is inevitable that Marxists resort to dictatorship, force and gulags to try to impose “real” Marxism. How many millions have to die before the truth penetrates those leftist skulls?