Communism defined: “A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class warfare and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.” Sound familiar? Class warfare. Economic inequality. Questioning of the merit system. Making the financially successful the enemy, even though in 2017, the top 50% of all taxpayers paid 97% of all individual taxes, while the bottom 50% paid the remaining 3%. according to the Internal Revenue Service.
— David McCavitt, Santa Cruz
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