During ww2 England and America were allies with the soviet union and stalin was even reffered to as uncle Joe

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That's true though Churchill realized from early on the dangers of Communist expansion and what they would do after the war in Europe. FDR preferred to focus on winning the war and not think about the obvious post war problems. It turned out that it ended up that Truman had to deal with the Soviets.

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters yet clement atlee was Co prime minister with Churchill and very much a socialist

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner But the British Labour Party weren't Communists

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters had roots in trade unions and atlee respected marxs works

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner true but that was because the working class and hard labourers had no representation before the Labour party was formed

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters that is very true so although he wasn't a communist his values were primarily the same

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner socialism and communism are close.

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters especially with advocating common ownership of business's

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner socialism isn't as harsh as communism.
But I'm not knowledgeable enough about it

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters only real difference is communists advocate for a classless and stateless society

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner which we discovered failed in just over 70 years

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters Well pre soviets russia was a backward underdeveloped country and Cuba was highly illiterate suffered from mass unemployment and exploitation

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner very true. everyt system has it's pros and cons

Loopysoutherner · 51-55, F

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters absolutely. Everything in general has contradictions

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Loopysoutherner yes