This is why I’m kind of reluctant to call myself a communist, and when asked, usually describe my politics as “I hold communist ideas,” or “I think the Juche Idea is correct.” (I used to describe myself more generally as a “socialist patriot,” i.e., patriotic for the peoples of this country and their wellbeing, not the American goverment and the American ideology – but then certain rightists got on that train and kind of ruined the concept).