This is exactly why I always self identify as a communist when prompted. It may or may not be the most technically accurate term by the book...but it certainly clarifies to inquiring parties that you don't mean "sweden" or something.
I will say in defense of people like source that I don't really think its their fault. I've often said that modern day political labels are a gordian knot of contradictions to untangle. We don't just have progressives calling themselves socialists, but also have liberals calling themselves progressives, conservatives and fascists who call themselves libertarians, et al. I suspect a lot of this is basically fallout from the bad faith anti communist propaganda of the cold war.
For better and for worse: language is a fluid thing and policing definitions at a certain point is just futile.
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This is exactly why I always self identify as a communist when prompted. It may or may not be the most technically accurate term by the book...but it certainly clarifies to inquiring parties that you don't mean "sweden" or something.
I will say in defense of people like source that I don't really think its their fault. I've often said that modern day political labels are a gordian knot of contradictions to untangle. We don't just have progressives calling themselves socialists, but also have liberals calling themselves progressives, conservatives and fascists who call themselves libertarians, et al. I suspect a lot of this is basically fallout from the bad faith anti communist propaganda of the cold war.
For better and for worse: language is a fluid thing and policing definitions at a certain point is just futile.
Yup, just swapping words.
"Progressive" or "social democrat" is now "socialist"
"Socialist" is now "communist"
"Communist" is now "tankie"