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> They hate communists because communism is atheist.

A few years ago before the election, a friend and I often joked that you could probably sell a sizable portion of American right on something of a “five year plan”

The MAGA communism meme was going around at the time too. Traditional Cold War era “better dead than red” conservatives I knew were suddenly posting about nationalizing companies that weren’t playing ball with Trump.

The other day, I saw an account rambling about “Anglo-Saxon victory over Judeo-Bolshevik Materialism”. I found that a bit odd. I’ve heard the “Judeo-Bolshevik” schtick, and there’s certainly endless negative aspects of communism, but materialism certainly is not one of them.

But your connection with Atheism ties things together in a way that makes sense.





>aspects of communism, but materialism certainly is not one of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism

It is one of the important parts. If you lived under communist rule you'd have to pass exams in "diamat" to get any advanced education.




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