[Liberty Nation] Maybe it’s time to stop mincing words about the stunning leftward turn of the Democratic Party by using descriptions such as progressive, socialist, democratic socialist, and the like. For the most part, purveyors of the far-left ideology ascendant in the party of government adhere to many or most of the principles of communism, or in some cases are themselves outright communists. No matter the descriptor, it’s all about collectivism, whose "warmth" in contrast to the "coldness of rugged individualism" was touted by quasi-communist darling and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.This growing embrace of far-left candidates by rank-and-file Democrats is grabbing headlines in the battle for control of the Senate, and for good reason. In addition to demonstrating a growing appetite among frustrated grassroots Democrats for drastic measures to counter the GOP’s grip on the trifecta of power, it takes the party’s radicalism to another level. While we have certainly seen far-left candidates such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar win seats in individual House districts with favorable demographics, it’s quite another thing when such candidates reach for the Senate, as they are in Maine and Michigan. It elevates the aspirations of the far-left flank of the party to greater heights.
PROUD COMMUNISMAs the Soviet Union was rising during the 20th century, menacing the West while imprisoning half of Europe and slaughtering and starving tens of millions of its own people, calling someone a Communist in the American political arena was the most vicious accusation imaginable. Those were fighting words, but also the quickest way to vilify an enemy as evil, unpatriotic, and traitorous. Especially during the 1950’s, the era of Joe McCarthy, any revelation that a person had communist associations or sympathies was the equivalent of a scarlet letter emblazoned on their forehead. Even calling oneself a socialist, i.e., quasi-communist, was a ticket to defeat until the rise of BLM and the onset of the Biden era.