Reminds me of my time in facebook, back when the far right rhetoric was taking form, everything, and I mean everything, was blamed on “the communists”. Poor wages? Bad economy? All because the communist president fucked you over for his own gain.

I also experienced a similar, RL comment last month with a coworker. “This politician woman claims to be communist but she’s walking around with a super expensive handbag!” - It boiled down to seeing communists as hypocrites because they spend money and buy things instead of “sharing everything”. Kinda hard to be socialist/communist as an isolated individual living within a capitalistic society. Said coworker said he wouldn’t mind the excessive expense on a frivolous accessory if the politician wasn’t “a communist” because “meritocracy”.