"Communism" is plainly false and empty rhetoric that has been primarily used to justify totalitarian regimes that strip away individual liberty and dignity, hijacking the valid concern of equality and the dangers of unchecked capitalism.
Instead people should turn to platforms of social democracy, government mandated systems that ensure equal social rights like education, healthcare, unions, and no discrimination based on gender race religion or orientation, founded in the post-Marxist liberal socialism school of thought.
The "welfare state" is the derogatory term for this kind of system but I think it would be more accurate to say "Not putting corporate interests and individual wealth above the prosperity of an entire people" State instead.
Sadly America veers hard right of this line of thought, because our right-wing citizens are so absurdly backwards, our "conservative" politicians can hijack their barbaric positions on social issues to blindside their base with an entirely profit/corporation driven agenda that does more to deprive these commonly uneducated, underemployed citizens of fulfilling lives (no healthcare, no jobs, no education, no credit) then gays getting married or women getting birth control ever could.
Socialist thought is way out of the mainstream in America, and in fact is some sort of boogey man. President Obama managing to pass through a watered down, practically inconsequential baby steps of health care reform so that insurance companies can't literally drop you causing you to die the moment you get too sick and some other things, doing this has branded him an Islamic Fascist Socialist Communist friend to at least 1/3 of America, most of which don't even believe he is American and would probably spit on him/kill him if they had the chance.
Fuck America, and fuck you Gomer.
