Although the numbers of real commies seems to be growing, many on the left could be considered more parasites/opportunists than commies.
Many of them are bone stupid, real commies and believe wealth just exists, but many are like Hillary Clinton who is happy to scam the gullible Dem constituents to get power and wealth.
Unfortunately, the real leftist numbers are expanding with true believers like Sanders, AOC, DeBlasio, and a number of others.
For them, Communism is a vehicle, a hot product to sell, and they are the ones looking to make the commission. It has revolutionary value with the young, and appeals to the lazy, who only see the things they get, not the opportunities they lose.
I doubt they have much understanding of the philosophy, nor any regard for the effects of totalitarianism, it's just another step on their to wealth, fame, and power (the latter of which will bring the other two). Needless to say, they don't give a thimble full of duck crap about the electorate, all they want is dominion over them, and the juice to squeeze people for whatever they can get, either with their cooperation, or ultimately, if necessary, by force,
for your own good and for the children, out of love for their fellow man person.... (bullsh*t, but it sells to people who have been dumbed down with all the 'caring' and other crap).
An eye opener for me was watching Russian TV series on Amazon (English subtitles), where the loyalty of the loyal was questioned by the zampolit, and their families imprisoned, starved, and killed, and they took that in stride and remained loyal.
It is an alien mentality to us, but an enlightening one which betrays the nature of the Soviet system. It is a truer face of the style of rule these people want to exert than will ever be found in the philosophy books, the bloody murder behind the Che t-shirts, the things of which the dumbed down and perpetually angry types are unaware or only see themselves exerting on others, not being subject to themselves.
Yet for the student of history, every oppressive regime folds inward and executes some of its oppressors who are a little too successful, or perhaps have lost their personal thirst for the shed blood of others. Stalin did it, Hitler did it, no doubt Mao did it, and the list goes on as long a there are others who succeed in imprisoning their own people in the name of 'good'.
Peel back the shiny mask, and it's all murder, theft, and force.
Guard the RKBA jealously, it is all that stands between us and that.
