Straight Line of the Day: What Makes a Person Become a Communist? Posted by Oppo on 13 July 2026, 12:00 pm What Makes A Person Become A Communist?Manhattan Contrarian | 6 Jul, 2026 | Francis Menton
When hearing “billionaires and trillionaires” makes you so crazy that you’re willing to do anything just to make it stop… 2 Reply to this comment
Hard times make strong men. Strong men make good times. Good times make weak men. Weak men create Communism. 2 Reply to this comment
Most of them are already there. For today’s “Progressive”, what is a Communist? Just a Progressive that’s moving a little too fast. 1 Reply to this comment
Nonsense! Everyone knows that we get to choose our political identity as a toddler. 1 Reply to this comment
“To those according to plead, from those according to bleed.” Thinking it’s only starvation and pogroms until somebody gets hurt. K through 12 and then college with Robin Hood and his Fairy Men. Better to be canceled by the KGB than social media. Party members get the cannons and choose the fodder, white boy. 1 Reply to this comment
Ennui, caused by too much family wealth…
“A gun to the head usually works.” – Che Guevara
Greed
When your socialism doesn’t piss off your daddy enough…
Being dropped on their heads when they were kittens.
Laziness and lack of critical thinking skills
When hearing “billionaires and trillionaires” makes you so crazy that you’re willing to do anything just to make it stop…
Hard times make strong men.
Strong men make good times.
Good times make weak men.
Weak men create Communism.
Socialism = Communism Light so we’re almost there. 😩
Most of them are already there. For today’s “Progressive”, what is a Communist? Just a Progressive that’s moving a little too fast.
They were probably born that way.
Nonsense! Everyone knows that we get to choose our political identity as a toddler.
“To those according to plead, from those according to bleed.”
Thinking it’s only starvation and pogroms until somebody gets hurt.
K through 12 and then college with Robin Hood and his Fairy Men.
Better to be canceled by the KGB than social media.
Party members get the cannons and choose the fodder, white boy.
Envy
And surprise. Surprise, envy, and fear. ….
No, start again…