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Originally Posted by downquark1
Didn't Marx describe socialism as the steps towards communism and the soviets described themselves as socialists working towards communism.
That doesn't mean the goal is communism in all cases (certainly not from UK socialists) but I offer historic context for the reference.
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There may be a historical context in which it is true, but that's not the context of the current debate, which appears to be that everyone whose political leanings are not to the right of the centre, is a socialist and therefore a communist in waiting who must therefore support an all-controlling state that is partial to genocide.
I would suggest that this position is a tad removed from reality.