Have Foreign Adversaries Infiltrated the Societal Fabric of America with Socialistic Ideology for the Purpose of Influencing the American Political Structure?

Abstract

The primary hypothesis of the thesis is the identification of deliberate foreign-influenced infiltration of socialistic ideologies into the American culture. This study examined the present American political and cultural milieus with respect to specific historical documents and literature on socialistic ideology. The doctrines of Karl Marx, Lavrentiy Beria, and Saul Alinsky were compared in two case studies involving current sensitive political situations for possible indications of infiltration. The research question became not only whether our President over-steps his boundaries but also why and whether a foreign factor is influencing this shift. Are the drivers of current political and intelligence community policies simply the result of, as Dougherty describes, an “acceptance of all-embracing state authority [that] is largely due to fatigue and despair brought about by war or economic disorder” (Dougherty, 2010, p. 8)?