[PeterPrinciple]

It is socialism not communism.

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Will have to drink more coffee but they seem it seems like nonsense on first read. They even acknowledge Hitler and stalin are socialist but his methods were wrong. They are going to do it right in a slow democratic process..........

[henkster]

I haven’t had my coffee yet, either. I read the title and thought

“It’s feces, not s***.”

Oh yeah, you can smell the difference.

[colorado tanker]

I agree that there is not a bit of difference between the ideology of socialism and communism, but I still think Laski has a point.

Communism in the 20th Century became strongly associated with brutal totalitarian dictatorships in the Soviet Union, China, Cubar, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. To their credit, Labour never attempted to impose a dictatorship in Britain and when they were turned out by the electorate they peacefully surrendered power to the Tories. Socialists in other West European countries were similarly peaceful, but I'm hard pressed to think of other examples outside the region.