This is what communism looks like. We are seeing empty store shelves all over southern California. It reminds me of the store shelves in Communist East Berlin before East Germany imploded (circa 1988). As an American, I’d never seen shelves so empty. It impressed upon me the wages of living under such a form of government. It’s why I fight against Communism here and now. ‘Even when it goes by the name socialism or progressivism, it’s the same thing. We are precariously close to the edge.