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The people who murdered millions in the USSR also saw themselves as "building socialism". Today "socialist" merely means a Western European country bound for ba
by temphn 15y ago
The people who murdered millions in the USSR also saw themselves as "building socialism". Today "socialist" merely means a Western European country bound for bankruptcy, with the formerly[1] free market US following close behind.
I suppose that's progress of a sort, but it's mystifying as to why one would claim the label, let alone the label "communist".
[1] In recent years the US has plummeted on measures of economic freedom, falling further behind Hong Kong and Singapore, and even dropping below Canada.
- bgarbiak 15y agoCompressing socialism to USSR and bankrupt countries is really a cheap kind of rhetoric. I could respond with a brief history of Chile or a tale about bankers living on a crisis - but that's kind of misses my point, which is that a comparison between socialism and racism is greatly inadequate.
- davedx 15y agoI'm a socialist. I claim the label because I care about social responsibility and liberal values.