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I think Americans are well past the point of blaming this on communism.
There's still a kinda fear of "socialism" and other stuff as specters, but it's internal. I don't think many here are looking at shit that's going down locally and saying "...Damn Russkies." I haven't seen that once IRL since like 2016. Even mega Trumpers I know are looking inward (at Democrats); that's kinda the point of the movement, and those I knew who were a little Cold War nostalgic have, sadly, passed away.
You have Trump doing Hitler 2.0 electric boogaloo and Bernie call it Stalinist cult come one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin%27s_cult_of_personality
It's not a great analogy, to be fair, but I don't think Bernie was trying to single out Stalin, who did indeed have an unwaveringly loyal following, to the point of being problematic.
Again. It is not really about Russia.
Using Hitlerite cult would've been more apt, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_cult_of_personality