| As was above stated, Socialism has nothing to do with those states claiming to practice it. All the confusion began when Lenin's bolsheviks, part of the Russian Social Democrat Party, took goverment, and needed a new name for their party as it was only their faction that took power. They picked the word communist. Despite the fact they had little to do with communism when in power. Yes they tried to theoretically justify what they were doing in a communist language, but they were never communist, or fully socialist. They were an authoritarian regime trying to turn a backwards feudal country into a modern one, in which they succeeded. but the price was freedom. Something any socialist wouldn't give up, because they are trying to expand freedom, not take it away.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |