ravi wrote:
>
> At around 11/11/06 12:56 am, joanna wrote:
> > Diff between socialism and communism. ?
> >
> > No doubt you will get a very scholarly reply from Yoshie and Carrol.
> >
> > But, I think, off the cuff, most people will say that socialism is
> > "demoratic" communism, while communism is communism led by the
> > dictatorship of the proletariat. How that proletarian dictatorship is
> > organized: in soviets, or a polit bureau, or a single uber leader -- I
> > guess varies with circumstance. I think even with communism, the
> > dictatorship of the proletariat, is meant to be transitional, giving way
> > to a democracy at the point where class identities have been erased by
> > lived reality .
> >
> > But this is the uninformed definition.
> >
>
> I appreciate the answer. I forget what in the thread prompted the
> question from me...
Everyone adopts the Humpty-Dumpty theory of language when they use these words. They mean whatever the speaker/writer says they mean to him/her.
Carrol
>
> --ravi
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