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Do Republicans Know What Communism Is?
Short answer: No.
More precise answer: They don’t have a fucking clue.
Most relevant answer: No and they don’t really care, but they will still call you a communist and kick you out of the country if you annoy them.
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The first time I heard of “communists” and “socialists” was back when I was in middle school, when Bush Jr got us into war. All I did was ask why in the world we were invading Iraq, which had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden. Sincerely trying to understand the world. That’s when the already-brainwashed kids starting flinging “socialist” and “communist” like they meant the same thing as “idiot.”
So, I decided to read about those concepts to see what all the hubbub was about. Surprise surprise, when I later responded to those same kids by asking what they thought the words meant, they couldn’t answer the question.
Now I’m thinking it’s kind of like the Streisand Effect - 'Muricans don’t want you to know about how other countries run. I didn’t know about systems besides capitalism yet, until the spawn of conservatives decided to use ancient fears from the 1950s as an insult in the year 2003. Surprise surprise, now there’s a swath of Millennials (and other generations, of course) just like me who learned that if conservatives hate something, it’s worth looking into.
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I was called a communist at work a few years ago because I said, factually, that a lot of the memes about AOC being dumb were of entirely fabricated quotes.
and topping it off, “communist” is not an insult in the least.
Well that’s pretty ignorant of the mass murder that Mao and Stalin engineered amongst other atrocities by communist regimes.
Specifically referring to “in the least”
And this is from someone who has worn an enameled Lenin pin
Would Marx have said those folks are communist? I reckon “the least” sure yeah… but to me, compared to “capitalist” (which is gobs worse) - the moniker “communist” is not offensive.
Marx wouldn’t likely have accepted Stalin or Mao as “communist” either. Unfortunately like the word literally, “communist” has expanded in what it can mean.
Which is why I felt inclined to comment due to your use of “in the least”
“Communist” and “socialist” are no different than “liberal” for them – just labels to selectively target those they don’t like, for whatever reason they decide. Just slap the label on and you’re good to go