The red Trojan horse: How Obama mainstreamed Marxism in America
Let’s separate the facts from the fiction with respect to the rise of communism in the United States.
TL;DR
- The rise of communism in the U.S. has been developing for decades, not just recently.
- Many wrongly believed communism was finished after the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union.
- Democratic socialism in Europe is argued to be a form of communism with democratic principles, or 'communism light.'
- The U.S. maintained a distinct democratic and capitalist stance compared to European trends.