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JHB

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15. I think part of it is in how the definitions have been shifted
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 04:09 PM
Feb 2013

Decades of conservative (and "centrist&quot drum pounding has narrowed the definition of "capitalism" to mean only the current predatory/dog-eat-dog/unregulated version, excluding versions that we had here from the New Deal up to Reagan, and in Europe under systems we helped set up to avoid Soviet influence.

Anything that works in favor of the vast majority of people, anything that slows down unlimited buckraking from the top -- all that has been redefined as "socialism".

When you define reasonable policies that need some updating but which worked as "socialism", lo and behold younger people like "socialism". The oldest of them were toddlers when the Soviet Union collapsed. The association of the word with Stalinist police states just isn't there.

SHOCKING!! Drale Feb 2013 #1
Not surprising given recent history and current events. freethought Feb 2013 #2
Capitalism has shot itself in the foot twice in one century. burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #3
Great news! Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #4
And how much of the negative view of Socialism is due to complete indoctrination Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #5
That's the interesting question at many levels. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #14
We base our opinions on our experiences union_maid Feb 2013 #6
I think this graphic from 2009 clearly explains why Catherina Feb 2013 #7
it is a failure of our public educational system. corkhead Feb 2013 #8
Older people grew up under a different style of capitalism gollygee Feb 2013 #9
Brings Joy to this burrowowl Feb 2013 #10
Hasn't that always been the case? Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #11
Oh oh, Professor Droney isn't going to like this. MattSh Feb 2013 #12
When they say they approve of socialism I believe they are thinking about having SS, Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #13
I think part of it is in how the definitions have been shifted JHB Feb 2013 #15
It is not human consciousness that determines our social conditions Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #16
"...only two other groups ... socialism's positives outweighed its negatives -- blacks and liberal pampango Feb 2013 #17
Do they see Socialism and Capitalism as enemies? el_bryanto Feb 2013 #18
What today is called "socialism" was known during the Cold War as... JHB Feb 2013 #19
I know several older folk for whom this is also the case. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #20
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