Yep. But when you’re dealing with an uneducated or plain unconcerned populace, 1984-type “speak” occurs.
For example, how many people know Kennedy signed the EO over an Easter Recess allowing Federal Employees to unionize? Even the patron saint of Amerikan Communism, FDR, saw how bad that would be and didn’t push for it.
Good info, for both normal and alternative folks: