Yep. Never traveled overseas, but I’ve always been an omnivorous reader and detail driven observer. Word definitions count as several have learned to their sorrow.
People who are unable to distinguish between fascism and socialism/communism confuse them with authoritarianism. If you compare governments led by social democrats in Europe and Scandinavia, you won't find an authoritarian regime, such as those in countries that were once a democracy but are now in name only.
My all-time winner told me verbally that Obama was a “communist, fascist, socialist” with a voice full of surety about his statement. Oh yes! Those were the days . . .
My European friends would have laughed, perhaps thinking about the quality of education in the U.S.
Yep. Never traveled overseas, but I’ve always been an omnivorous reader and detail driven observer. Word definitions count as several have learned to their sorrow.
People who are unable to distinguish between fascism and socialism/communism confuse them with authoritarianism. If you compare governments led by social democrats in Europe and Scandinavia, you won't find an authoritarian regime, such as those in countries that were once a democracy but are now in name only.
My all-time winner told me verbally that Obama was a “communist, fascist, socialist” with a voice full of surety about his statement. Oh yes! Those were the days . . .