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In reply to the discussion: I'm kinda glad Republicans are calling everything they don't like "socialism"... [View all]

The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. Except that neither Russia nor China - especially Russia - are really Communist any more.
Reply to Zambero (Reply #2)
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 12:18 PM
Jun 2019

China calls itself communist but Maoism is long gone, and Russia doesn't even pretend - it's now an authoritarian capitalist oligarchy.

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I'm kinda glad Republicans are calling everything they don't like "socialism"... [View all] ck4829 Jun 2019 OP
It shows that they either don't know what socialism is or don't care The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1
Trump in turn could be portrayed as being a Commie sympathizer Zambero Jun 2019 #2
Except that neither Russia nor China - especially Russia - are really Communist any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #3
But in the electoral silly season hardly anyone knows that, or cares. They may even be confused... TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 #7
Authoritarianism blurs ideological lines Zambero Jun 2019 #8
Yeah, who cares how many votes we get from people who fled the specter of socialist dictatorships, pnwmom Jun 2019 #4
They are chomping at the bit to use the socialist label Dream Girl Jun 2019 #5
I don't understand wat you're saying about incarceration though Dream Girl Jun 2019 #6
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