Honestly, the only reason I didn't @ you is because a KGB officer going like "It is too late! We have already demoralized your country!" isn't that helpful. Yes, I get that the commie propaganda is really widespread, but a KGB officer puffing himself up isn't exactly who I'd trust on the outcome for the USA. As if Europe was much better. I thought the way main communism spread was by fighting against religion to be honest. Once people give up on religion all they have is a bunch of academic philosophers, and other than Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Camus, basically all well-known academic philosophers are commies. Even Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Camus have commies trying to appropriate them, even though I think those three are generally pretty harmless despite the two that aren't Kierkegaard being somewhat anti-religion and Kierkegaard sometimes making religion look bad with his "just believe!" stuff (not even all Christians would follow "just believe!" never mind other religions like Buddhists, Muslims, etc. who don't even have a tradition of "just believe!" in the first place.)