Is it time to start talking more openly again about Communism?

I watched this opinion news video this morning on YouTube that very briefly recaps Marxist philosophy and history. It’s just a summary but fairly informative.

It then proceeds to make the case that many countries besides the few explicitly acknowledged Communist states (China, North Korea, Cuba, North Vietnam, etc) are actually run by people and powers who espouse Communist philosophies, even nominally Capitalist states.

She argues that modern Marxists now operate on the conclusion that countries that rushed the process of implementing Communism, like the USSR, should have implemented Capitalism first, to build up enough industrial might and wealth, before equalizing the wealth under Communism.

She asserts that there are many different groups and ideologies that come under the umbrella of Marxism, and that their unifying credo is to be opposed to and to actively undermine the United States, which is the only remaining significant obstacle to worldwide implementation of the Communist objective.

Now, I must admit that I have serious doubts that the vast majority of anti-Americanism, which is itself an ill-defined term, is directly related to Communism, but I don’t think that’s what she’s suggesting.

Nonetheless, this line of inquiry is worthy of consideration, in my opinion. But it’s so hard to even have this discussion without sounding like Jerry Seinfeld’s father.



Here’s the video:
YouTube of Gina Shakespeare from The Epoch Times discusses Communism

Is it time to shift the Overton Window so we can openly discuss Communism as a threat - again? Has the Leviathan resurfaced in the shadows? Is it time to drag it into the light?