His father was an expert in Marxism. What could go wrong?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/21/infrastructure-bill-pete-buttigieg-transportation-spending/6372719001/?gnt-cfr=1
Butt Judges father.
Buttigieg specialized in modern European literature and theory.[8] He was translator and editor of the three-volume English edition of Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, published from 1992 to 2007 with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[9] He was a founding member and president of the International Gramsci Society, founded to facilitate communication between those who study Italian philosopher and politician Antonio Gramsci,[10] one-leader of the Communist Party of Italy. Buttigieg also served as chair of the English Department at Notre Dame and was promoted to William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English.[5] He took emeritus status upon retiring in 2017.[5] He died on January 27, 2019.[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Buttigieg