Communism used to be a mainstream force in the United States. The state saw communists as capable of replicating the Russian revolution, so it orchestrated mass raids against them simply for being involved in the movement. Communists were a pivotal force in labor organizing. Communists were able to pose big enough of a threat to American capitalism’s future that FDR got intimidated into implementing the New Deal.
Hey, Rainer! Good stuff, comrade! My name is also Rainer coincidentally! Have you seen this I wonder? I don’t know what to made of it!!
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1672177488535977984?s=46
Provocative and divisive, as if written by an agent.