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markodochartaigh

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2. Communism

Reply to AntiFascist (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:11 PM

Jun 26

consists of an authoritarian political component and a socialist economic component. The Republicans don't have a problem with the authoritarian political component, it is the egalitarian socialist economic component that they abhor. Lots of Republican politicians and business leaders supported the Nazis before the war, and some even during the war. This was because they identified with the authoritarian political component which Nazism shares with communism. After the fall of the Soviet Union the socialist economic component was destroyed, but Putin brought back the authoritarian political component. It isn't surprising to see Republicans support Putin over the US Democratic party.

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Trump is much more of a Communist than any leftist politician... [View all] AntiFascist Jun 26 OP

I don't think that word means what you think it means n/t leftstreet Jun 26 #1

I understand the attraction of the ideals of Communism... AntiFascist Jun 26 #3

LOL n/t leftstreet Jun 26 #4

Communism markodochartaigh Jun 26 #2

Has the egalitarian socialist economic component ever been fully realized? AntiFascist Jun 26 #5

I think that the corruption is usually by outside forces markodochartaigh Jun 26 #6

I agree with your post... AntiFascist Jun 26 #7

That's what Moonshine just said earlier today Polybius Jun 26 #8

I saw that after I posted! n/t AntiFascist Jun 27 #9

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