[ExI] communism/authoritarianism

[Adrian Tymes]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 4:35 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Before you can be sure, you'd have to actually define the term


That would be nice, but then people keep redefining the term.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism gives a definition,
but the notes explicitly say that the USSR was in fact an instance of
communism, and apologists say "the USSR was not 'true' communism".


> AND
> then show that the folks saying they're putting into practice are
> actually making that attempt


How do you show this, when the people you are trying to convince make an a
priori claim that none of the folks who said they were putting it into
practice so far actually made that attempt?
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