MTHead frequently asserts communism and/or socialism and/or gun control are crimes against humanity. He is not wrong. But the cancer metaphor resonates more with me. Collectivism, in all its forms, starts out small but grows and metastasizes. It is more than just its nature. It creates societal problems, and it always demands more control to fix the problems it directly or indirectly created.
Almost as a side note… I asked Copilot to explain the difference between an analogy and a metaphor to make sure I was using the correct word here. That resulting in a short chat and Copilot offered to contribute to this blog post. Here is its suggestion:
Quote of the Day – Saturday
> “Collectivism is cancer.” > —Firearms Policy Coalition via X
This is not an analogy. It’s a metaphor—brutal, condensed, and surgical. Cancer isn’t merely unpleasant; it hijacks the healthy systems of the body and redirects them toward uncontrolled destruction. That’s precisely the charge being leveled here: that collectivism corrodes the moral immune system of individual rights.
Ayn Rand’s words, featured in the image, drive the point deeper: “The smallest minority on earth is the individual.” The meme unpacks the metaphor into a worldview—one where individual autonomy is not just precious, but sacred, and any system that subsumes it becomes existentially malignant.
Whether you find that view compelling or inflammatory, it’s a vivid reminder: how we frame ideas matters. A well-placed metaphor can do more in five words than a dissertation in fifty pages.
2 thoughts on “Is it a Crime Against Humanity or is it Cancer?”
Absolutely, cancer is a far better example of how communism acts in a given body politic.
“Crime against humanity” is more of a way to motivate one’s natural sense of right and wrong. Legally speaking.
But “cancer” is far better to activate one’s senses to always be on the lookout. As communism can and will grow in and around every weak organ of society.
Shussler once mentioned his friends in Seattle weren’t communist because they all liked making money.
I wasn’t quite fast enough to remind him that communism is an exploitive system that attacks the weak points of a society. Monetary communism was just the one used in Russia.
But cultural Marxism is what’s being used in America.
Different vectors, same result. Death and destruction of the host……Every..single..time.
And just like cancer, it can never be destroyed. Only constantly guarded against.
Our forefathers warned us. But we as a nation have been lazy.
And if we don’t fight it today. Our children will pay the price. As in truth, they already are.
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The difference between an analogy and a metaphor is the same as the difference between a simile and a metaphor, going back to grade-school English class.
An analogy makes its point by comparing a relatively unknown concept to a well-known one, showing how the one is like the other. That’s effectively the very definition of a simile.
A metaphor, on the other hand, makes the comparison by saying the one is the other.
Analogy/simile: “Collectivism is like a cancer.”
Metaphor: “Collectivism is a cancer.”
Then again, I’m an IT major, not an English major. YMMV.
Absolutely, cancer is a far better example of how communism acts in a given body politic.
“Crime against humanity” is more of a way to motivate one’s natural sense of right and wrong. Legally speaking.
But “cancer” is far better to activate one’s senses to always be on the lookout. As communism can and will grow in and around every weak organ of society.
Shussler once mentioned his friends in Seattle weren’t communist because they all liked making money.
I wasn’t quite fast enough to remind him that communism is an exploitive system that attacks the weak points of a society. Monetary communism was just the one used in Russia.
But cultural Marxism is what’s being used in America.
Different vectors, same result. Death and destruction of the host……Every..single..time.
And just like cancer, it can never be destroyed. Only constantly guarded against.
Our forefathers warned us. But we as a nation have been lazy.
And if we don’t fight it today. Our children will pay the price. As in truth, they already are.
The difference between an analogy and a metaphor is the same as the difference between a simile and a metaphor, going back to grade-school English class.
An analogy makes its point by comparing a relatively unknown concept to a well-known one, showing how the one is like the other. That’s effectively the very definition of a simile.
A metaphor, on the other hand, makes the comparison by saying the one is the other.
Analogy/simile: “Collectivism is like a cancer.”
Metaphor: “Collectivism is a cancer.”
Then again, I’m an IT major, not an English major. YMMV.