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I think my two favorite examples of this from personal experience are when people have said to me: - Marxism is communist! - the Nazis we’re communist! What
by avs733 5y ago
I think my two favorite examples of this from personal experience are when people have said to me:
- Marxism is communist!
- the Nazis we’re communist!
What you are noting is something I find really personally interesting. We like to think otherwise but words are very socially defined.
What you’re describing isn’t people referencing an actual definition of communism. It’s more akin to a pointer for “bad”. Communism has been maligned in the US for so long and the label of communist/m has so long been used to malign other things (labor rights) that it is not used to refer to the economic theory in the general patience. It’s basically just a mother word for “bad” often specific to something someone perceived as related to power and economics but can’t describe. Socialism is the new version. The demands of “keep the government out of my government run healthcare” from a few years back is telling.
- Terry_Roll 5y agoYes you are right to say people are referring to things portrayed as bad but I dont know why people given up critical thinking to a democratically elected representative. Democracy seems to be the ultimate con trick besides Royalty and Religion. The latter two were enough and now we have govt's taking 3rd place, but another way to look at it is its convenient for Royalty and Religion to let Govt exist as it takes some slack and responsibility off of them.
- avs733 5y agoThey don’t realize they are. From many peoples perception of their own thinking (meta cognition) whatever’s they do to cognitively engage with an input is critical thinking. If you give them information they construct meaning from it. If that information is facts, it’s facts. If it’s someone else’s conclusion or interpretation, it still gets treated as information received.