I mean, say what you will about Marxism and socialism, but one would have to do a special kind of fascistic mental gymnastics to claim that either of these political traditions exists entirely outside of "Western Civilization." I mean, Hitler made that claim... bsky.app/profile/shar...

As I was saying. Would love to hear him respond to the question “What do you take to be the central tenets of Western Civilization?”

Coincidence that Marx was Jewish.

"western civilization" = white jesus capitalism (for capitalism, see, Parable of the Talents)

Hmmm... except 212(f) allows POTUS to keep anyone he determines to be detrimental to US interests. According to Trump that's anyone who's not white...

well, certainly barring marxists and socialists is not new in American immigration, @juliarosekraut.bsky.social wrote an excellent book about it. And even today, you need to answer whether you were part of the communist (and nazi) party on your immigration form, among other questions of this sort.