Communism

Communism was a political ideal that was embraced by a number of nation states on Earth during the 20th and 21st centuries. The most notable of those were the Soviet Union and China.

During the latter half of the 20th century, the competition between capitalism and communism was responsible in part for the Cold War.

In the United States and a number of other nations, pejorative slang terms came into popular use for people who were proponents of communism, which included "pinko", "red" and "commie."

When Captain Sisko was experiencing visions sent by the Prophets, the character of Douglas Pabst had insinuated that Herbert Rossoff was a proponent of communism. (DS9 episode Far Beyond the Stars).