Oh it's true.
Communism and Statism is perfectly fine and acceptable as long as it's THEIR prince and party that is pushing it. Hell, even on this board there are people who push the primacy of the state to abolish, restrict or supersede liberty if it suits their pet issues.
To update the old saying,
when Socialism arrives, it will come under the banner of populism.
We've discussed this many times before, but as we've seen, the 'right' in the US is becoming very much like the European right in many ways. One of the biggest ways is that we are shedding liberty for collectivism. The Right in Europe in many ways support socialism under the banner of nationalism or populism. They are very close to US Democrats on many issues. Now, the Republicans (many) are very much Bill Clinton era Democrats and the Democrats are shifting even further left.
And 'our' side is letting this happen to thunderous applause.