In his article "The Case against the Reds" in Forum magazine in 1920 (Document 21.1), Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer declared that "[r]obbery, not war, is the ideal of communism. This has been demonstrated in Russia, Germany, and in America." What was Palmer comparing communism to?
A) Criminality
B) Jingoism
C) Nationalism
D) Internationalism

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Palmer was comparing communism to criminality by suggesting that the primary goal of communism is akin to robbery, highlighting a negative and criminal aspect rather than a political ideology focused on war, nationalism, or international cooperation.

In His Article "The Case Against the Reds" in Forum