In former communist countries, the presence of neo-communists is pervasive in public discourse. They appear on TV screens, dominate social media, and influence everyday conversations. The communist mentality that once prevailed has merely taken on a new form.
In the neo-communist mindset, as in the communist one, an academic must always rise from the working class. According to neo-communists, it is a "crime" for an academic to descend from an academic father or grandfather.
The inheritance of knowledge or wealth across generations does not align with neo-communist ideology. In their view, a university professor should never be wealthy but rather a simple son of the people, without any family history or inherited wealth.
In the neo-communist mentality, the wealthy are always viewed as vile, and anyone who inherits wealth or knowledge is seen as a despicable scoundrel.
Neo-communists, like their predecessors, refuse to understand that humanity's calamities and tragedies did not stem from inherited knowledge, wealth passed down through generations, family crests engraved on rings, or pianos gifted for birthdays.
The true source of humanity's tragedies is the hatred of others, as Mark Twain aptly observed: "The problem with the left is that most of those who became communists did so out of hatred for the rich, not out of love for the poor."
Post Scriptum: Nothing good has come, or will come, from the hatred of inherited knowledge or wealth.