I would agree- I do think that fear of the Soviet Union, or cold war opposition in general, is not the sole root of an aversion to everything Marx. I simply think, at the core, fear of Marx is just a fear of socialism. Capitalist ideologies are hard-wired into the systems of many United States' citizens. Even the idea of anti-capitalist theories cause tension and aversion.
More often than not, free speech in the United States has taken a step in the wrong direction, due directly to communist political activists. While the Supreme Court had upheld free speech of religious groups, certain obscenities, and even Klu Klux Klan activists, there are still cases when communist political speech was restricted.
I think free market capitalism is so far entrenched into the minds of Americans, and the economy as well, that it will take some time for Marxism to be even acceptable in the realm of discussion. Perhaps our generation, with WWII, Vietnam, Korea, and the Cold War, only a distant (if at all) memory, will be the first to bring acceptability to the discussion of Marx in the political realm.
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