That's like grouping Conservatives and Reactionaries (AKA Osama Bin Laden, Sadaam Hussien) together.
2006-07-15 16:49:29 · 6 answers · asked by collegedebt 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Socialism is the people own the means of production, communism is the state owns it, they aren't the same thing, I don't care what dictionary.com says.
2006-07-15 17:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by ringshank1980 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance.
According to Karl Marx, socialism was the political step necessary prior to the formation of the pure communist state. He did not view socialism as anything more than an intermediate position for the state, with an unspecified duration.
Because of this dependency, therefore, people have come to see the two as soul-mates, shall I say? To the extent that Marx suggested, that is true.
But, that's like saying that the necessary precursor to capitalism was mercantilism. And, that's a matter of history anyway.
2006-07-16 07:43:05 · answer #2 · answered by tlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because by labeling someone, you dehumanize them. You separate the entire world into "us" and "them". It's much easier to create hatred for a "them" than for an "us".
And if you already have a group with a negative stigma (Communism, thanks to McCarthy) if you can associate a rival with them, then you make anyone who isn't on your side a part of "them"
2006-07-15 23:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by cmriley1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same difference/ end results
2006-07-15 23:57:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
socialism - Of, promoting, or practicing socialism.
communist - a socialist who advocates communism [syn: commie]
2006-07-15 23:58:37 · answer #5 · answered by mason x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because Rush said so... without him they wouldn't even know the word liberal or communist... now that they know it, they don't know what they mean... hahahha
2006-07-16 00:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋