A version of this article first appeared on April 10, 2026 in the Daily Journal, published by Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, an independent investment research firm. You can visit them at www.stansberryresearch.com.
We must remember we have lived in a socialist state for generations. Read the Communist Manifesto, originally called the Socialist Manifesto, by Karl Marx. He outlined three goals for socialists to rule the world:
- Destroy private property rights
- Destroy the family
- Destroy religion
Lenin, before he died, laid out a simple plan as follows: First, we will take Eastern Europe, next the masses of Asia. We will surround the last free country, the U.S.A. We will not have to attack. It will fall like overripe fruit into our hands. Karl Marx also said, “The best way to destroy a free state is to destroy the money by inflation.” Read the Communist Manifesto, and pray for the world!
Porter Comment: Regarding The Communist Manifesto most Americans have no idea that communism is alive and well in America today.
Here are the 10 demands of Karl Marx:
- Abolish private property in land – apply all rents to public purposes. That’s America. You’ll argue that you “own” your property. No, you don’t. Try not paying taxes and see what happens. You’re renting your property from the government. That’s not to mention eminent domain, zoning laws, etc. You need government permission to use your own property and the government is allowed to regulate the value of your property to zero without paying you anything for the loss of value.
- Heavy progressive income tax. Emphatically yes, that’s America. Federal rates up to 37%, plus state taxes pushing combined rates above 50% in some states. In effect since 1913.
- Abolish the right of inheritance. Again, you don’t actually own your property. The government does. Federal estate tax takes up to 50% of large estates. Catastrophic outcome for private wealth – and the reason most great families don’t build and maintain large estates anymore.
- Confiscate property of emigrants and rebels. That’s America. The “Patriot Act” makes sure you can’t leave with your property and you can’t hide it either. America has exit taxes on wealthy citizens who renounce citizenship. Civil asset forfeiture allows seizure without conviction too
- Central national bank with state monopoly on credit. Check. The Federal Reserve, established in 1913, controls money supply, interest rates, and credit conditions. Fiat currency, fractional reserve banking.
- State control of communication and transport. Yep. The FCC regulates communications. DOT, FAA, and TSA control transportation. Amtrak is government-owned. Interstate highways are public.
- State ownership of factories and production. Yes – though not directly. Production is overwhelmingly private, but government subsidies, contracts, and regulation exert enormous influence over what gets produced and how.
- Equal obligation to labor; industrial armies. No, America doesn’t have forced labor.
- Merge agriculture with industry; equalize town and country. No, but this just doesn’t apply anymore because agriculture was 90% of the economy back then. Today it’s less than 10%.
- Free public “education.” America has tax-funded, public K-12 indoctrination camps. You honestly couldn’t believe what they teach our kids in these schools. They’re creating generations of psychopaths.
I’d say America is fully communist. And, you can disagree if you want, but communism always fails. America’s version will too.