The departing CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey, issued a stark warning this week about socialists taking over key institutions across the United States.
Liberties such as the right to bear arms and freedom of speech are being threatened by leftists who are dominating institutions, including universities, corporations, and government agencies, Mackey said during an interview with Reason. The chief executive made reference to 20th-century Marxist ideologues and their “long march through the institutions.”
“My concern is that I feel like socialists are taking over,” he said. “They’re marching through the institutions. They’re … taking over education. It looks like they’ve taken over a lot of the corporations. It looks like they’ve taken over the military. And it’s just continuing….