The cold war propaganda was ratcheted down some time after Gen X; to a super-majority of under-30s, even conservative ones, this probably sounds more like a knave's laugh line than a sincerely held belief.
If that's the case, they have no clue what they're talking about. The Pope literally helped to organize and support the main opposition Solidarity movement.
With many churches across the world actively working to end it.
The cold war propaganda was ratcheted down some time after Gen X; to a super-majority of under-30s, even conservative ones, this probably sounds more like a knave's laugh line than a sincerely held belief.