The longest serving socialist in US government was Daniel Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee (24 years, 1916-1940). He started the first public housing project in the country.
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King Gillette, inventor of the safety…
King Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, was a socialist who wrote a book describing his vision of the U.S. population living in a single utopian metropolis/building powered by Niagara Falls. Only 1 in 7 people would need to work, and it would be free of money and thus free of crime.
There was a paramilitary socialist…
There was a paramilitary socialist group in Canada in the 1960s that wanted to overthrow their provincial government with an armed revolution. The only peace time use of Canada’s War Measures Act was to stop them. The group was in contact with the KGB, and the top members were exiled to Cuba.
The welfare state was originally a right-wing invention by arch-conservative…
The welfare state was originally a right-wing invention by arch-conservative Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck hated socialism, but he wasn’t an ideologue. He figured out that if you don’t provide a minimum safety net to workers, they will be persuaded by the socialists.
Many famous Americans, including Helen K …
Many famous Americans, including Helen Keller, Mark Twain, George Orwell, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Albert Einstein, were radical socialists. The US public (and government) have downplayed these people’s political views over the years due to the common fear of far leftism in the country.
In 1927 the Soviet Union released a film …
In 1927 the Soviet Union released a film about traveling to Mars where they saved an alien race from capitalism.
During Operation Mongoose the CIA tried …
During Operation Mongoose the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro with exploding cigars, poisoned fountain pens, and a lethal wetsuit.