nixon and that cow. it s become a thing that you call somebody if you don t like them in politics. because we use that term now as an insult from the right so freely in our politics now it s easy to forget that the word communist isn t an all purpose boogey man political thing, it s real thing. actual countries are run by actual communists. it s not just cuba and north kor korea. the most populous country on earth is run by the communist party. for real. it s not an insult. china is run by the communist party they are real communists. they have real departments of propaganda. they are state run media all over the world. in the washington post reported