The embattled President must be losing so much American support that foreigners are all he’s got.

I am not trying to offend you, I am not making an argument in favor of communism, I am just trying to clear up what communism is so that we can better address it. I do not understand why you take offense to this.

And why am I here? For one, this site is quite good at bringing up names and issues of more local Republicans (and others) than the mainstream media covers, so I can have a better grasp of what’s really going on. And people here generally have pretty good thoughts on politics, but more importantly are passionate about the issues that they care about, so there are some pretty good (and intense!) discussions.

And well, we all need signature lines.

We don’t like Communists or Communism–lite or with heavy whipping cream; big moustache or little moustache; bearded or clean-shaven; Mikhail Gorbachev-brilliant or Cynthia McKinney-stupid; Ortega-stylish or Hoxha-drab.

99.9% of the people *here* can tell you the difference between Marx, Lenin and Stalin. The other .01% are trolls. Some of us have been in Communist countries, stayed in their hovels, gagged on their food and choked on their air.

If 95% of the people *out there* cannot describe the differences between Marx, Lenin and Stalin, then whose fault is that?

You need to be out there, not here.

In this country, a person can move up and down the wealth ladder depending on the talent they have, the resources they have available and how they choose to use the same.

Marxism is evil because it assumes that the state can be altruistic even though it requires oppressive means to function. It assumes that people will continue to work hard even though they get no reward for that work. It assumes that people will take care of property that they don’t own. It assumes that government officials can correctly decide what needs produced and how it should be produced. It assumes that people are perfect.

Capitalism and freedom work because they don’t require perfect people to function. People acting in their own interest will contribute to the good of all even though that may not be their intent.

I’m only vindicating Marx in so far as trying to clear up who he actually was. Between Mao and Stalin alone, communism has caused the deaths of well over 100 million people. World War II, in contrast, resulted in approximately 50 million deaths (counting Allied, Axis and civilian deaths). I bet that 95% of the people out there could not describe the differences between Marx, Lenin and Stalin, nor any of their major arguments for communism or against capitalism. And these people are the enemy, and they are unfortunately lumped together as one and labeled “Communists” and “Evil” and then ignored.

I firmly believe that you must know your enemy to fight them and win, and that you must recognize that while you may be right, attributing their wrongness to inferior intelligence is nothing but hubris.

Leaders who emulate Marx and ascribe to his philosophy always end up killing enslaving and impoverishing their people and other people.

Nobody here is confusing Stalin with Marx. They both suck. The only confused person here is the one who thinks that somebody will come along to get it right and vindicate Marx.

And I am right handed, thank you very much.

Stalin, on the other hand, was a dictator. He was also born five years before Marx died, and Marx never even knew of his existence. Yes, Stalin was a terrible person. He caused the deaths of millions of people. My whole point was to get people to stop confusing the two.