stravinskian Member since Feb 24th 2003 12700 posts
Fri Aug-09-13 03:37 PM
34. "Oh great, it's the old socialism=Stalin argument." In response to In response to 32
There's some room for nuance in the world. Saying that workers shouldn't be forced into radiation ovens, or that 10,000 or so super-rich people shouldn't withhold life-saving technology from billions of others, doesn't, I think, amount to Stalinism.
But you're right -- this is not a discussion we need to have right here. I was just surprised at how you recoiled over "socialism." When I was a kid, for most Americans "communism" meant Russia and "socialism" meant Scandinavia. I'm just bothered by the way that reappropriation of the language seems to have removed vital elements from the political conversation.