The Soviet Union’s Ministry of State Security had its own cancel culture.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn recognized that the Ministry of State Security–the Organs–in the Soviet Union purged members regularly and explained why they did this: The waves were generated by the Organs’ hidden law of self-renewal–a small periodic ritual sacrifice so that the rest could take on the appearance of being purified. The Organs had to change personnel …

People who say or write “bougie” have bought into communism.

Consumer tech reporter Victoria Song wrote “In 2030, You Won’t Own Any Gadgets” for Gizmodo.com. She started the piece by citing a Facebook video: Back in 2016, the World Economic Forum released a Facebook video with eight predictions it had for the world in 2030. “You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy,” it says. “Whatever you want, …