I think that’s more to imply you’re associating a recognizable face to a nebulous political concept. Basically laypeople people saying, “Oh! Socialism is what Lenin/Mao/Castro was doing” as a baseline for their understanding of socialism. Very rudimentary, but then again, few people dig as far into politics as the people here.
same with “socialism with a human face”. socialism is the most humanitarian system already!
I think that’s more to imply you’re associating a recognizable face to a nebulous political concept. Basically laypeople people saying, “Oh! Socialism is what Lenin/Mao/Castro was doing” as a baseline for their understanding of socialism. Very rudimentary, but then again, few people dig as far into politics as the people here.
My reply to them, “Yes, they were doing socialism. And it was based.”