The pertinent question is no longer whether Americans spied, but rather how highly educated, intelligent men and women failed to comprehend the true nature of Stalinist communism, and why they were willing to risk their lives and imperil the security of their families, neighbors and friends to commit crimes on behalf of a foreign power opposed to the basic tenets of modern society.
We see the same types of people today in our own government.
We see them in ANSWER, PETA and the whole alphabet of leftist/green NGOs across the country.
yes.
and it's even worse.
radical feminism is based upon communist movements:
the frankfort school, herbert marcuse, louis althusser, jacques lacan, michel foucault, etc.
betty friedan was a card carrying member of the u.s.a. communist party. gloria steinem worked for the c.i.a. in the european propaganda department after the korean war.
althusser murdered his wife, but the feminists still love him.
university educated feminists control american newspapers and tv.
They still don't.
We also see them in the UN, with their constant striving for "social justice" which is code for 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need', aka communism.
The seductive aspect of Communism comes from its promise of a planned society. For some people, the challenges and uncertainty of the market economy make them uncomfortable. Many of them feel like the market economy has not recognized their true greatness, and are bitter about it
Many Communists fantasize themselves as becoming members of the "planner" class "after the revolution", when they can tell the rest of us how to live. Something like the rape fantasies of some guys