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random thought: is it still technically illegal to be a communist in the US?

@Felthry illegal probably not, but certainly taboo in many contexts

@awr well yeah that's true for sure

I just remember reading that it was made illegal to be a communist during the cold war and I don't know if that was ever rescinded

@Felthry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ac this sort of thing ended in the 50s. although after that the government took to alternative measures to quell "subversive movements" in general in the US - e.g. the FBI's tauntings with MLK (who was technically not a communist) and their supposed infiltrations of a lot of New Left groups during the 60s

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