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potato, patato. The only difference is methodology and extremity. otherwise the results are largely the same.

• celtoid 3y ago
  Socialism and communism are two different things. It's sloppy thinking to conflate them.
  • waihtis 3y ago
    They're the exact same except socialism is a more "watered down" version. Definitions: > Socialism is a political philosophy and movement encompassing a wide range of economic and social systems which are characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. > Communism is a political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism, advocating instead for a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally and private property is nonexistent or severely curtailed.
    • consilient 3y ago
      In practice "Communism" means Leninism and its descendants, or occasionally revolutionary Marxism in general. No one reasonable would ever use it to refer to the likes of Olof Palme.
      • waihtis 3y ago
        Olof Palme would've been a communist had the Overton window been in a suitable place during his reign
  • wernercd 3y ago
    "different" only in the definitions. not in effective results. two sides of the same failed coin and both full of the same failed promises (promises made with different reasons but still the same promises). Sloppy thinking is supporting either after 100+ years of proof that they fail on every level.