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		mrkeen 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Orwell Diaries 1938-1942 It's all just labels. "United" States of America. "People's" Republic of China. "Democratic People's" Republic of Korea. At the end of the day you either get services in return for your taxes, or you don't.

roywiggins 5 months ago [–]

Not in the 1940s it wasn't: neither Orwell nor the communists would have claimed the other, and it wasn't just a matter of "labels."

Like, communism has some specific ideas about how to organize society that your average democratic socialist or Labour person just doesn't agree with.

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