It confuses me why people associate leftism with both Islam AND communism.

It's fairly often I hear people describe leftists as being Muslim-lovers but also communists. Y'all do realize that commies and Muslims absolutely HATE each other. Communists have historically tried to wipe out Muslims.

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Abstraction · 61-69, M

It confuses me that people associate all leftism with socialism.

They have not the least idea what 'socialism' means. Or that 9 of the top 10 countries on the human development index (ie, best standard of life) are social democracies which are NOT socialism.

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@Abstraction Anything that isn't corporatist apparently is socialist.

JimBeam · M

@Abstraction

[quote]It confuses me that people associate all leftism with socialism.

They have not the least idea what 'socialism' means. Or that 9 of the top 10 countries on the human development index (ie, best standard of life) are social democracies which are NOT socialism.
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So why didn't you explain it?

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@JimBeam Oh, I have explained whenever I am in an intelligible discussion with a person. A lot of the time here the people I've encountered don't want to know. They just want to use the tag to confirm their views. And it's not entirely their fault - the term 'socialism' in the US has been incorrectly used to manipulate for decades - and increasingly in my country also.

JimBeam · M

@Abstraction

LOL

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@JimBeam Are you able to define the difference between socialism and social democracies?

JimBeam · M

@Abstraction

Oh, I have explained whenever I am in an intelligible discussion with a person. A lot of the time here the people I've encountered don't want to know. They just want to use the tag to confirm their views. And it's not entirely their fault - the term 'socialism' in the US has been incorrectly used to manipulate for decades - and increasingly in my country also.

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@JimBeam What's your point?