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July 4, 2026
The new strategy to discredit the Evil Left is to call them communists and warn that they are trying to take over the country.
I have been pondering on this.
Even if you have a college degree, unless you majored in history or political science, you’ve had only a limited exposure to the history of communism, where it has been tried, and its lack of success. I’ve studied it a bit beyond college, but I only know that it involves national ownership of industry, government control of the economy, and the results have been overwhelmingly negative in terms of political corruption and severe human rights abuses. I also know that there is a big difference between communism and socialism, but again, unless you’ve studied it, you wouldn’t know that, since they get lumped together in some pretty powerful and polarizing political rhetoric most of the time.
There is the potential for severe abuse and corruption with any form of government, but I believe that has to do primarily with power in relation to human nature. Although most of us cling fast to our “better natures”, there is a depravity within each of us to which we are always in danger of succumbing — and occasionally do. Some succumb more than others. However, I maintain that people are basically good. In order to be successful in society and in life, it’s critical…
