Message from @[DGI]tech
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Beeman's right. I am. I see both sides weaponizing the term to use *what they want it to mean,* without considering the term... Like calling a shack a house *"because I live there."* (They meant well, but those aren't homes. 😔)
And o really wouldn't call people leftist if I were you Leag.
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I would just abandon the term, as it's politically charged while having no utility outside of that context
Okay.
Legalize is a dirty dirty smearmerchant.
Ban this Mod.
I still question the utility of "left" and "right" tbh
Damn straight!
That's essentially the extent of it. To those that identify as left, right just means things they dont agree with, and vice versa
It's just Communism v.s Facism all over again.
Bring on 2020!
What.
Well communism and fascism are actually real easy to delineate. I assume you mean socialism though, which is still somewhat different if very similar
oof
I think it might be easiest to split socialism and fascism by the goal of the state, but even then people would argue otherwise
Because there are "socialists" who dont want communism
And it's also sort of a hindsight designation
I think it might be because fascism is a purely political designation while socialism is an economic one, really
Socialism is a misguided pathway, regardless. But, yes, terminology does get muddy.
Maybe @Mandatory Carry can explain it.
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Socialism is such a broad term nowadays it's almost lost its meaning
Prolly
Yes.
As if it helps.
Socialism is easiest to understand as a transitionary state into communist utopia that never seems to make it beyond transitioning
Marxism explicitly identifies Socialism as the transitional form between capitalism and communism.
Funny that
Ah @Beemann beat me to it.
Indeed.
But socialist tendances are found in facists as much as communists
Let the segue begin!
Yes, because fascists employ socialist economic theories as well as more market driven ones
The goal of fascism is the preservation of the state