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God, even worse is -Capitalist-. Socialists say the US is Capitalist, Libertarians say the US is Socialist. Who knows? What a waste of words.
by yelsgib 18y ago
God, even worse is -Capitalist-. Socialists say the US is Capitalist, Libertarians say the US is Socialist. Who knows? What a waste of words.
- rw 18y agoEven deeper: The American free-market libertarians pulled a coup when they were able to redefine, in public discourse, what it means to have 'liberty' (compare the definition of 'libertarian' ca. 1900 Europe and ca. 2000's USA).
- gaius 18y agoOr the way the words "liberal" and "progressive" have been hijacked by people who actually believe in the USSR of the 1950s.
- ibsulon 18y agoIn what sense? The progressive movement as currently constructed is not enamored with neither Leninism nor Stalinism, though there is sometimes a smidge of respect for Trotsky. The 80s just called and they want your meme back.