The Communist Push to Eliminate Moderates and Incite Conflict

Visitors look at statues of Karl Marx (L) and Friedrich Engels in a park in Berlin, Germany, on May 4, 2018. The illusions that many in the West hold about socialism today mirror the experiences of countless impressionable young people who embraced communism in the last century in the Soviet Union, China, and elsewhere. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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At its roots, communism is an ideology that strives on the capitalization of extremists. Under communist rule, moderates are not allowed to exist. You either support the communist revolution or risk being labeled as an enemy of the people.