That's so nice of you to say!
I think I'm kind of limited in what I feel knowledgeable enough to talk about, actually.
I loved the small history lesson you gave, because I'd like to increase my understanding of history, and I, too, raise my eyebrows when people think "Leftism" is rabid group-think, nationalism, or violent rebellion. No! That's classic Reich-wing thugism.
Violent leftism seems to be pretty much gone, if it ever existed, seems to me. Maybe I'm wrong...but the tiny groups calling themselves Anarchists and being violent lately are more like young kids who need to learn how to use their anger constructively, or people that repuke shitwads paid to disrupt.
Anyway, you captured the reason for the lasting confusion between Communism and Socialism so well.
Know any good books on the Bolshevik period? 
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