03-13-2021, 09:23 PM
(03-11-2021, 01:24 PM)Einzige Wrote: Socialism is the same thing as Communism. Marx doesn't distinguish.
Yes, he does distinguish. He sees Socialism as the necessary and inevitable route to Communism. His sort of Socialism, which takes the capitalist exploiter who takes a cut out of everything, out of economic activity, and a Socialist society can get much-more rapid growth with much more social equity. Communist Parties in power typically state that they are building Socialism on the way to bringing forth Communism. No Communist Party has ever said that it was on the brink of Communist perfection.
It is analogous to people involved in Christian "End Time" prophecy that see the imminent return of Jesus solving all things... isn't that ironic?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.