WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)- Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday described radical leftism as a “distinctive and unique evil” driven by hatred of civilization itself, framing it as a resentful campaign by the weak and inadequate to destroy the achievements of the strong and accomplished.

In pointed remarks that cast communism and related ideologies as fundamentally destructive rather than idealistic, Rubio portrayed left-wing extremism as a recurring force that cloaks resentment in the language of equality and justice.

“This is a revolt of the worst against the best; of the weak and the cowardly against the strong and the good,” Rubio said. “It is perpetrated by those who cannot build, cannot create, cannot achieve great things — and take their revenge upon the world for their own inadequacy by seeking to destroy those who can.”

Rubio argued that while radical leftism adopts varying slogans over time — anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, communist, anarchist or Marxist — its core character remains unchanged: “a poisonous resentment cloaked in the language of equality, justice, liberation.”

He rejected the common critique that communism is a good idea that fails in practice, asserting instead that the ideology itself envisions a diminished world.

“The world it envisions for all of us is small, flat and gray — leveled of all exception, drained of all that is good and noble in the human soul,” Rubio said. “It is a world without courage, creativity, or ambition; without heroes or glory or great causes to strive towards. Without miracles. Without myths. Without men who rise above the rest to do incredible and extraordinary things. Without God.”

According to Rubio, the towering achievements of civilization represent an unbearable humiliation to its critics, prompting them to lash out through violence and destruction.

“They attack pipelines, railroads, laboratories, power grids: the physical, embodied symbols of power, invention and achievement,” he said.

Rubio’s remarks come amid ongoing debates over political extremism, ideological conflicts and their impact on global stability. The secretary positioned the ideology as inherently opposed to beauty, achievement and the human spirit’s higher aspirations.