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Progressives Use Marxist Communication Techniques To Keep Power

The labels have changed, but the tactics remain the same, and the ultimate goal is, as it always was, to confuse people into handing them power.

Allan J. Feifer | May 26, 2026

Nothing’s ever truly new under the sun. Labels change; methods always persist. The strategic instincts that have driven political movements for centuries survive rebranding, new jargon, and better marketing. The argument is strikingly simple: follow the mechanics—how ideas are framed, institutions are seized, language is reengineered, and dissent is delegitimized—and you will see a structural continuity that matters more than the name on the label.

Sun Tzu is worth a sentence: victory often comes from shaping an opponent’s beliefs rather than brute force. The Art of War points to what matters in politics as much as on a battlefield: control the information environment so your adversary reacts to his imagined beliefs rather than facts. Use tactics that make you appear weak when strong, distant when near, divided when unified—these are levers for shaping decisions. In modern life, those levers are narratives, institutions, and social penalties; they are the preconditions for political outcomes long before ballots are cast.

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