Incorrectomundo. I hate communism because my family was repressed by Stalin.
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I don't know that it's as clean as this makes it sound.
Obviously communism was made to be the boogeyman. But it's not some panacea.
You're right, it's not some panacea. It's part of a spectrum that helps keep the overton window away from corporate oligarchy. By effectively banning communism and socialism for couple of decades Americans got left with corporate democracy and corporate oligarchy as the only choices.
I'm not going to find it now but couple of months ago I was visiting a typical Spanish town and saw a poster announcing party organized by the Communist Party of Spain. Just some beer and music. Normal thing. No one is scared of it here.
No one is freaking out about far right parties (except in Germany). Why would we freak out about the far left?
We should be freaking out about far right parties, though
I like the taste of communism, but every time it's on the menu it's slathered in political purges.
Or heard stories from old Poles. You could replace the start with "You only love CAPITALISM"
Read "The Brothers", about John Foster and Alan Dulles.
This has everything you need to know about why you, if you're an American, think the things you do.