Are you lumping socialists in with communists? Leftists? And which communists are you concerned about (e.g. council communism? Autocratic communists? Stalinists? Maoists?)
Wheeling out 'communism' without qualifying who your bogeyman is based in a very, very shallow understanding of history.
> communism has killed, by some accounts, at least 65 million people during the last century.
Ok, but so has capitalism? Millions killed by lack of health care, capitalism fueled famines, wars over resources, pursuit of profit over quality, etc. It also ignores the massive genocides historically in capitalism.
Again, you are evaluating some very surface traits and not really looking at holistic systems. Your argument is a vague sound bite, but isn't really an attempt to meaningfully engage with the topic.
As the right flirts with nazism, the left flirts with communism. I dont think its particularly surprising and doesnt require deeper meta-analysis as youre trying to propose.
I'm a socialist, but I'm not a communist. I especially oppose planned economies and the idea of an autocratic workers party.
Am I 'flirting with communism' because I believe in universal health care, free education, public housing, public transportation, a strong social safety net, and a strong democratic process?
Wheeling out 'communism' without qualifying who your bogeyman is based in a very, very shallow understanding of history.
> communism has killed, by some accounts, at least 65 million people during the last century.
Ok, but so has capitalism? Millions killed by lack of health care, capitalism fueled famines, wars over resources, pursuit of profit over quality, etc. It also ignores the massive genocides historically in capitalism.
Again, you are evaluating some very surface traits and not really looking at holistic systems. Your argument is a vague sound bite, but isn't really an attempt to meaningfully engage with the topic.