Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:19:32AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 11:02:26AM +0100, Mitja Podreka wrote:
>> >> The terms socialism and communism were vandalised by the authoritarian
>> >> governments and individuals, in order to legitimate their authorities.
>> >
>> > The terms socialism and communism where not vandalized, they are and
>> > always have been synonmymous with authoritarianism.
>>
>> {{cite}}
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Socialism&oldid=112927557
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> "Gradually, however, the Soviet Union developed a bureaucratic and
> authoritarian model of social development, which was condemned by
> moderate socialists, Trotskyists and others for undermining the initial
> democratic and socialist ideals of the Russian Revolution."
>
> communism == socialism == authoritarianism
Read for comprehension. Communism =! socialism as has been successfully
practiced =! authoritarianism.
> If not in theory, the certainly in practice.
You seem to miss that Sweden and a large portion of the Commonwealth of
Nations operate under some form of democratic socialism.
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