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RufusTFirefly

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13. Even reasonably well informed people make the mistake of equating socialism and communism

Reply to Perseus (Reply #9)

Wed May 21, 2014, 12:04 PM

May 2014

There were quite a few communists and socialists in the U.S. in the 1930s. And guess what? They hated each other!
Or, more accurately, the communists hated the socialists and considered them to be fascist enablers.

Yet we use the two terms interchangeably all the time.

George Orwell is sometimes considered a darling of the Right for his scathing critiques of communism. Yet Orwell was a socialist!

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I read your post after I posted mine, but you hit the nail in the head Perseus May 2014 #10

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The problem with the past and current societies that call themselves communists fasttense May 2014 #12

Even reasonably well informed people make the mistake of equating socialism and communism RufusTFirefly May 2014 #13

i googled a little Leme May 2014 #11