OpinionViewpointsClass Conflict: Communist Inversion of MoralityCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveVenezuelan scavengers dig through trash at a landfill, in Pacaraima, Roraima State, Brazil, on the border with Venezuela, on February 28, 2019. (Nelson AlmeidaNELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty ImagesBy Cid Lazarou3/12/2019Updated: 3/13/2019PrintCommentaryAt its core, communism inverts society in two ways: The first—by distorting elements of truth. The second—by outright lies that reverse morality.