Commie-English Dictionary (was Re: Collectivism in "community gardens")

[R. A. Hettinga]

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At 9:17 AM -0700 5/8/03, Tim May wrote:
>Funny, the word "collectivism" rarely pops up here.

I prefer "communism", myself, anymore. It's more descriptive of the
behavior, it's etymologically true, and it gets people's attention.

Someday, maybe, in an attempt to "reclaim" the language, I should
bash out a crypto-communist (in the Myra Breckenridge sense...) to
plain old American English glossary, viz:

Communist                            English 
- --------                             ---------

"Capitalism"                         Economics
"Socialist"                          Communist
"Progressive"                        Communist
"Liberal" (modern usage)             Communist
"Social" <anything>                  Communist <anything>
<anything> |"Democrat" | <anything>  Communist
"Libertarian"                        Liberal (original usage)
"Reactionary"                        Liberal (original usage)
"Fascist"                            Liberal (original usage)
"Republican"                         Liberal (original usage)

...and so on...

Cheers,
RAH



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