Donald Trump and the American right throw around the word “communism” like confetti. Disney movies with girl heroes: communism! Life-saving vaccination programs: communism! Getting a post deleted on social media: somehow also communism!
But it seems that all this has been a smokescreen to allow Comrade Trump to sneak Karl Marx in through the White House back door, as he’s made an extremely Marxist move by ordering the government to buy and control 10% of chip manufacturer Intel. Nationalization – or part-nationalization – of key industries is a core tenet of socialism, and that hasn’t gone unnoticed by the right.
