Something on the ‘Historic’ thread prompted this. There is a confusion between civil liberty and the political right that is leading to all kinds of odd statements coming out of the US, and all kinds of odd people running for president.
When did over-regulation and/or bureaucracy become seen as Socialism? Was it a result of the same world view that confused capitalism with democracy (often by folk who couldn’t even point to China on a map, never mind understand what is happening there)?
There was a time in the UK when an overbearing petty bureaucrat would be called a ‘Little Hitler’. Is it the case that in fact those who don’t like the state chose to brand it with the name of the bogeyman of the day. Hence it is ‘Socialist’ in the US?
This question was meant without reference to the actual rights and wrongs of actual socialism.
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February 3, 2016 at 8:16 am