>>17927934
>Marxism is spiritually and materially hideous. How can a thing that is opposed to metaphysics be so ugly in an ontological way? [...] Every single thing about the symbolism in communism is an inversion of reality. "Democracy" in bold letters, in an ideology that crushes it outright in every iteration.
I'll tell you, the appeal of it -- or the real power in it -- is Promethean. It's a radical offshoot of the Enlightenment and is like "storming heaven" to dethrone God and to bring down wisdom from the heavens to enlighten mankind. A Christian could consider it essentially Satanic in a kind of Paradise Lost version of Satan:
https://youtu.be/L7i1LY441Hs

>>17928882
>Ideological and historical prejudices aside, communism would actually fit American society quite well if you think about it.
Another way you might think about it, Russia is America's shadow. Their civil war was our civil war. Now they're currently in their George W. Bush GWOT phase.