I’m technically aware that a majority of people in imperial core countries think this, but it truly seems mystifying to me how that’s the case because it’s just so self-evidently wrong. Red scare propaganda really did a hell of a lot of work.

edit: rereading this and realizing it feels pretty self-righteous “i’m better than you” and going to self-crit on that. I believed the propaganda once too and was able to change my mind. it does nothing to give up on people who bought into the propaganda like all of us once did.