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Originally Posted by Egan
Part of the reason, I suspect, is that it is bandied around so often by segments of the right who haven't even the vaguest notion of what socialism is and use it to attack anything they don't believe in that it has become incredibly devalued, Exactly like sections of the left and their childish and -virtually always utterly wrong use of the word 'Fascist.' Is it any wonder that when you cry wolf enough everybody stops listening? Words are too important to be used wrongly - especially when, like 'Socialist' and 'Fascist' they have such profound meanings and connotations.
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Absolutely correct. Any idea that's anything left of hardcore Ayn Rand is labelled "SOSHULIZM!" by folks who have no understanding of the concept, save for the fact that it's an "-ism" and therefore must be bad.