De Blasio sees “progressive movement” sweeping the nation. Per the Communist Manifesto, we’re already 80% there.

De Blasio sees “progressive movement” sweeping the nation. Per the Communist Manifesto, we’re already 80% there.

A couple weeks ago, New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio met with
President Obama and 15 other hand-picked, newly-elected mayors to talk
about a “progressive movement” sweeping the nation.




I sincerely hope he’s wrong, but when you examine The 10 Planks of
the Communist Manifesto, it appears eight of them are in full flower in
the US, meaning we could be 80 percent of the way there already.




Here’s the score so far: