“A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.” This is the famous opening line of the Manifesto of the Communist Party written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848.

This sentence could perhaps be paraphrased today: “A specter is haunting America – the specter of socialism.”

Talking about communism is similar to talking about socialism, for communism is only an extreme form of socialism.

After the fall of the “Berlin Wall” in 1990, many thought communism was dead and could be relegated to the “dustbin of history.”

However, is communism really dead?

It is hard to support this assertion. We hold that neither socialism nor communism have died. In fact, although the political power of communism and socialism has declined, it is undeniable that its cultural aspects are now at a peak.

Much more important than the political expansion of communism/socialism is the spreading of ideas and customs that are leading the world to abandon the natural order and Christian civilization. Such ideas and customs can be seen everywhere in campaigns in favor of abortion, euthanasia, same-sex “marriage,” and other moral aberrations.

Somebody could ask: “What do these moral issues have to do with socialism?” The answer can be given at two levels: that of doctrine and of facts.

A Theoretical Approach
Theoretically, the answer to this question is that pride and unbridled sensuality break down intellectual and moral barriers that preserve the order established by God in the universe, thus opening the gates for the progress of socialism. In turn, socialism provides philosophical systematization and political support for such practices.[1]

In other words, everything that favors immorality on the one hand, or the revolt against any inequality on the other, ipso facto fosters the advancement of socialism. Conversely, socialism favors these same unrestrained evil tendencies of fallen man, masking them under the façade of a pseudo-philosophy and pseudo-science.