Commentary Clichés and euphemisms are useful tools for Marxists and other garden variety leftists to shape public policy. Endless repeated catchy phrases help convey a sense of “progress” and newness in pushing leftist political objectives and solutions. Communists the world over have added political phrases galore to an ever-expanding lexicon of balderdash over the decades. Some examples include the following: Workers of the world, unite. Occupy the factories. Abolish alienation. Abolish class society. Peaceful coexistence. Live and let live. From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Communism is not love; communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. Those last two quotes are from former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Mao Zedong, who regularly used slogans as a means of propagandizing his underlings and the masses. And today, the CCP is at …