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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by disgruntledphd2 on Friday November 08, 2024 @05:38AM (#42085809)
> What we call "socialist" economic policy (like the nationalized services in many European nations today) is an entirely separate and mostly unrelated issue (to me at least).

Look, I mean this in the nicest possible way, but that's a pretty weird definition of socialism which seems likely to perpetuate confusion and disagreement with people who don't share your definition.

If you want to keep using the word like that, I'd suggest defining it the first time you use it.

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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by TimTheTinker on Friday November 08, 2024 @08:21AM (#42086642)
My definition appears in the dictionary, so I don't think it can be that weird:

> 3. (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism.

Thanks for the feedback though. I'll try to define my terms more carefully in the future.

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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by disgruntledphd2 on Monday November 11, 2024 @06:32AM (#42106391)
> 3. (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism.

Ah now, that's clearly not how the world is commonly defined, given that it's the third definition with a parenthesis.

But anyways, all good, not that big a deal (although you're likely to have confusion around this term in the future).

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