Why do you prefer the word "socialist" to "communist"?
Since they describe different things, we have to assume that he meant the word to describe his opinion of what the people are.
Communist is a species of Socialist. A communist follows Marx, and the dialectic theory of human history. A Socialist need not agree with Marx, but can still believe that the best society is one where the government owns all the property, and is in charge of distributing all benefits.
especially when the correct term is "neo-Stalinist"
I want a label to stick.
My sister, Brother in law, Sister in law are your typical next door democrats, they Talk Socialist policy But do not understand what it is and if you called them "socialist" they would be horrified, after all they are just "liberal democrats"
Communist would be an overstatement for them (Not for Hilliary Clinton but she would be proud of the label)