The Soviet Union officially abandoned socialism in 1921 when Lenin instituted the New Economic Policy allowing for taxation, local trade, some
state capitalism... and extreme profiteering. Later that year, he purged 259,000 from the party membership and therefore purged them from voting (shades of the US election of 2000!) and fewer and fewer people were involved in making decisions.
Socialism is liberal. More people (preferably everyone) have some say in how the economy works. Democracy is liberal. More people (preferably everyone) have some say in how the government works. "Democracy," said Marx, "is the road to socialism." He was wrong about how economics and politics interact, but he did see their similar underpinnings.
Communism is conservative. Fewer and fewer people (preferably just the Party Secretary) have any say in how the economy works. Republicans are conservative. Fewer and fewer people (preferably just people controlling the Party figurehead) have any say in how the government works. The conservatives in the US are in the same position as the communists in the 30s, and for the same reason: Their revolutions failed spectacularly but they refuse to admit what went wrong.
While not all conservatives are authoritarians; all highly authoritarian personalities are political conservatives.
Robert Altmeyer - The Authoritarians
Do you see the communist propaganda that Dumbocrtas use?!?
State Capitalism is communism/socialism/marxism (the
state is
controlling the market).
But being the nefarious, disingenuous assholes they are, Dumbocrats like Bfgrn here believe they can poison capitalism in the minds of people by sneaking the term in. Instead of using the correct term - communism - the use "state capitalism". These lying piece of shit do the same thing with abortion. Rather than calling it was it really is (murder) or even what it's called (abortion) because it exposes them for the evil they are, they say "pro-choice". Not "pro-murder" (as it should be), or "pro-abortion". Nope. They say "pro-choice" to mask their true evil and agenda.
"State Capitalism"....
OK, using the correct terms can you name the nations that are today or were communist?
Communist Countries, Past and Present
Current Communist Countries: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam.
Formerly Communist countries (by current name):
Formerly part of the Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Other Asian countries: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, and Yemen.
Soviet-controlled Eastern bloc countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany (East), Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia.
The Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Rep. of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
Africa: Angola, Benin, Dem Rep. of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and Mozambique.
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