Answer: all three.
Probably, the average communists you meet, especially the younger ones, are ignorant and/or stupid. The people leading the movement are undeniably evil and power-hungry.
A great example of the former kind popped into my Twitter feed yesterday:
We are watching socialism slowly spread
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#capitalism #freedom #conscription #ibes pic.twitter.com/5zd0gqqLNn— Distinguished Hillbilly 🏴☠️ (@Infantry_bucky) January 24, 2024
You can see how this line of thinking appeals to uneducated, infantilized people whose level of knowledge not just about economics but about human history is not just minuscule, but entirely wrong due to propaganda.
The fact is that people in the Western world work far less for far better living conditions and food than any group of people who have ever lived on Earth, with the exception of natives on tropical islands whose food…
