If you cite Skousen as proof of anything, you've made a real mistake.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society
They're the seed of QAnon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society
They're the seed of QAnon.
You then cite Skousen's talking points as if those were the "communists" actual goals and not his fever dreams.
The JBS lost, "communists" or "progressive orthodoxies" (conflating the two shows your priors) didnt win.