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"In fact "service to the collective" is also part of the first, and the most complete [1] democracy, the ancient Athenian one." I'm reminded of the current vog
by Turing_Machine 9y ago
"In fact "service to the collective" is also part of the first, and the most complete [1] democracy, the ancient Athenian one."
I'm reminded of the current vogue for claiming that (e.g.) public roads are "socialism", and that if you support public roads you must support socialism.
Yeah, sure. Genghis Khan and Ivan the Terrible were "socialists". You betcha.
- coldtea 9y agoA lot of people in the US today call socialism anything that is not "cutthroat corporatism" for the elites. JFK's "ask what you can do for your country" would also sound socialist to these people.