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Re: Castro, was he right? It's not socialism, it's called communism. A certain very famous SOCIALIST wrote a book about communism called animal farm.
Socialism is about a society creating a social safety net where people at the bottom have at least basic needs accounted for during the toughest of times. Please don't equate socialism and communism. |
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| said by rahvin112:Please don't equate socialism and communism. The only real difference is that communists shoot people that try to leave.
Remember communist Russia called themselves the Soviet Socialist Republic.
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to rahvin112
Bah, the term has meant the same thing as Communist as long as it's also had the meaning that you're trying to declare is the sole meaning... The USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, for example. |
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join:2002-04-17
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Yes, France and Communist Russia are so similar ... 
Oh, and the US is a republic - does that make us like the old Soviets? |
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| said by SLD:Oh, and the US is a republic - does that make us like the old Soviets? If the socialists had their way, yes.
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SLDPremium
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San Francisco, CA | Time for you to travel a bit beyond Missouri. |
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 a333A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
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2 edits | Guys, get real. IMHO, there isn't a real difference... the commies/socies/whatever you want to label them as are at least open about it. Our gov't isn't really any better, when we spend half our resources bombing other countries and trumpeting our fake 'democracy', while spending the other half on listening into our own citizens and occasionally strip-searching them.
And yes, the 'democracy' we trumpet IS fake.. we're a republic, and anyone that attempts to gloss that over with the shiny coating of democracy is an idiot who needs to take high school history over again.
And for crissake, keep an open mind to other ideas. Funny how we expect N. Korea/China/Former commies to accept our "democratic"/liberal ways, when we ourselves edge away from their ideals as if it was a bad disease.
Now, back on topic: I think it's at least a step in the right direction, although hardly a setback for the 'evil-uns' |
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 tapeloopNot bad at all, really.Premium
join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One
kudos:1 | reply to EPS
said by EPS:Bah, the term has meant the same thing as Communist as long as it's also had the meaning that you're trying to declare is the sole meaning... The USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, for example. Communism is a form of socialism, but that doesn't mean that all socialists are communists. The two terms aren't always directly interchangeable, much to the chagrin of pundits. |
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