Communism, Control, and Our Future

By David E Smith 10 min read

The desire to control others has always been with us – and it is getting worse:

The ominous final line of an important new history of Communism says this: “Far from dead, Communism as a governing template seems only to be getting started.” I refer to the 530-page book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism by American historian Sean McMeekin (Basic Books, 2024).

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