Nakkita Khrushchev Prophesy

I have friends that think I am being sensational in my stated belief that the leftists in American government are moving us toward socialism and ultimately marxism. They mock me because it is inconceivable to them. One of my friend's parents were political refugees from Cuba. He looks over the prosperity that he enjoys here in the US and declares that this is the greatest nation in the world. Because we do not resemble Cuba he concludes that we are no where near marxism and not heading that way. "You need to stop listening to Glenn Beck!" he says.

Dwight Eisenhower's Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson met with USSR's Nikkita Khrushchev in 1954 and related:

Ezra Taft Benson” I have talked face to face with the godless communist leaders. It may surprise you to learn that I was host to Mr. Khrushchev for a half day when he visited the United States, not that I’m proud of it. I opposed his coming then, and I still feel it was a mistake to welcome this atheistic murderer as a state visitor. But, according to President Eisenhower, Khrushchev had expressed a desire to learn something of American Agriculture — and after seeing Russian agriculture I can understand why. As we talked face to face, he indicated that my grandchildren would live under communism. After assuring him that I expected to do all in my power to assure that his and all other grandchildren will live under freedom he arrogantly declared in substance:

You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you’ll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won’t have to fight you. We’ll so weaken your economy until you’ll fall like overripe fruit into our hands.’

Well?