Ever since socialist ideology was buried in the 1980s by the near universal adoption of market economies, culminating at the decade’s end in the Soviet Union’s collapse, embittered left ideologues have resorted to language reinvention to mask their personal inadequacies as ongoing collective aspirations.
Initially, this followed a disastrous television interview with Dame Cath Tizard following her appointment as Governor General. “I remain a proud socialist”, she grandly told the interviewer, who then asked what she meant by socialism.
For 5 minutes Cath railed away about what she didn’t mean but viewers never learnt what she did, doubtless because she didn’t know. It simply sounded trendy.
Thereafter, socialist was replaced by the vacuous term “social democrat”. Jacinda used it frequently. But what does it mean? No user of it has ever been able to explain.
The most amusing language abuse by these lefty types is “activist” usually applied to protesters lying about in groups, holding signs complaining about this or that. Their major characteristic is inactivity.
The current fashionable ludicrously dishonest term these losers use to smother their now unfashionable “socialism” is “progressive”. Nothing could be more inaccurate. Collectivists are literally the very opposite of progressive; rather they’re ultra regressive, seeking to resurrect tried and failed big government statist policies of yesteryear.
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Socialism in short is state sponsorship; in an attempt to hide poor management, and the only way it ends is the state goes bankrupt…
Greece is but an example of this..with more countries to follow..
Agreed. Most left-wing, play-acting, middle class activist types fail to understand that socialism only seems appealing when you are wallowing in the proceeds of capitalism.
Spot on Bob! A socialist is defined as allowing the state to provide for your needs. I note the so called New Zealand left wing Socialists do not live in State owned housing but own property in the better suburbs. I could go on but you have made the point succinctly.
SRJ nails it.
“masks their personal inadequacies as ongoing collective aspirations”
Never a truer word spoken.
Yes, lefties are proud to plonk themselves on the ‘caring’ side, then decry anyone slightly righty as ‘hard right’!
And lets not forget their other favourite “neoliberal”, which they also fail to define
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