I often see these words used interchangeably, though as I understand it there is a difference between the two ideologies, no?

  • AskewLord@piefed.social
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    yes, kibbutz, amish, etc. small deeply religions communities are communist and socialist in their society and it’s governance.

    these are genuinely socialist/communist ways of living. they also are religious fundamentalists.

    there never has been a truly communist or socialist country. just hybrid systems with elements of them, but they tended towards autocracy and massive corruption.

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      It seems like all the best examples of communism/socialism happen at a small scale, and the large scale examples (USSR, China) seem to just lead to dictatorship and human rights abuses. So maybe the solution is just living in small communities? I don’t know.