Commie-English Dictionary (was Re: Collectivism in "community gardens")
R. A. Hettinga
rah at shipwright.com
Thu May 8 20:05:41 PDT 2003
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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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