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The continual harassment of socialist parties by the government, including declarations that any group following Marxist philosophy is necessarily acting towards an unconstitutional goal.

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because they are calling for a revolution, not reforms. revolution is an unconstitutional goal. if they believe that marxist philosophy can be achieved without a revolution they better ought to make that very clear. and to my knowledge the treatment of communists in the US was way worse.

Yes, well, calling for a revolution is protected speech in the United States.

It is only if your words are likely to promptly cause someone to commit violence that you can be prosecuted for it.

there is a difference between individuals calling for a revolution and organized groups that have that in their program as a goal. the latter is not a theoretical threat but one that has historical precedent.

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