I look at it like that: the communist state apparatus is li…

I look at it like that: the communist state apparatus is like a wrecking ball destroying individual rights by swinging from right to left and from left to right. But at this level of the game you have to account for the possibility of pretty much the entire opposition that is in the spotlight being controlled one way or another. Controlling the opposite is the single most important part of holding and consolidating power. Rulers have known this for millennia. I don't think the rulers switch sides. They are always at the center of both sides. Think of the Clinton's