How communism can be considered cool is beyond me. Communists should inspire revulsion in Westerners who value freedom and prosperity. Sadly, that's not the way it is.
One day, if people like Nguyen Chi Thien who fought communism that he lived under, is celebrated; and if Eric Hobsbawm, who defended and excused communism from the safety of the West, is despised, then we can say that the West is truly secure from threat to our freedom.
I know some like to defend communism by saying that true communism has never been tried and that the ends justify the means if we could only get actual communism. But if every time it is tried we get murderous and poor regimes, I have to say that is what actual communism is.
Murderous means are not justified by stupid and evil ends.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
