I’ve made this argument a lot but people really cling to the idea of being respectable. It’s like if you’re one inch to the left of Bill Clinton they are going to call you a left wing extremist (and if you’re any kind of Dem the Reps will call you that anyway), might as well shoot for the moon.
You assumed that Democrats have any sort of affinity towards communist ideas to begin with. If anything, they hate communism more than they hate fascism, and being called a “communist” by their GOP opponents is truly hurtful for them.
I’ve made this argument a lot but people really cling to the idea of being respectable. It’s like if you’re one inch to the left of Bill Clinton they are going to call you a left wing extremist (and if you’re any kind of Dem the Reps will call you that anyway), might as well shoot for the moon.
You assumed that Democrats have any sort of affinity towards communist ideas to begin with. If anything, they hate communism more than they hate fascism, and being called a “communist” by their GOP opponents is truly hurtful for them.