General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges: America is a Tinderbox [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)(or revolutionary left as I am) to change the context, which means raising consciousness. Enough folks know enough history to know that the relative context is incorrect and we're not going to make any headway if we use the incorrect, relativist version of terms. Only by calling what is, what is, can we raise consciousness of the masses.
A positive is that people ARE studying the terminology nowdays more than ever. As evidence, I believe that Wiki said recently that "socialism" and "capitalism" were the most "looked up" words for the year (last year?). If you study, you learn and more people are studying. Now we've just got to give them varying groups that match their actual beliefs. Contrary to some modern anarchist thinking, groups and tendencies are not bad things in and of themselves. They give people who are just learning a place to start.