@Patrickov I do support Socialism. I support it in moderation, combined with Democracy and Capitalism. Many people mistake this for a support of extreme form of Socialism. Such is obviously not the case, as I support the more Scandinavian models of Socialism.
I am just as opposed to predatory Capitalism, without regulation. Your misunderstanding of this does not upset me in any way, but I do dislike willful ignorance.
Communism and Socialism are
not the same thing. There is an important difference, and something that most people simply don't understand. Countries used as examples of failed Socialism are not Socialist, but Communist.
The main difference is that under communism, most property and economic resources are owned and controlled by the state (rather than individual citizens); under socialism, all citizens share equally in economic resources as allocated by a democratically-elected government. https://www.thoughtco.com/difference-be ... government.
People often think that countries with dictators are Socialist. They are not. They might have some Socialist policies, but that's where it ends.
As for your mistaken claim that there was 100,000 natives, @JoeBruno ...
European colonizers killed so many indigenous Americans that the planet cooled down, a group of researchers concludedFollowing Christopher Columbus' arrival in North America in 1492, violence and disease killed 90% of the indigenous population — nearly 55 million people — according to a study published this year.https://www.businessinsider.com/climate ... his%20year.
100,000? You simply made up a number.
Also, genocides often happen during wars, as history has demonstrated time and time again. Genocides during a war are still genocides.
Just because someone includes the word "Socialist" in their name, does not mean that they are.
Note: See
Democratic People's Republic of Korea(North Korea), as an example of using a word without actually
being that.
Nazis were NOT Socialist, either despite originally starting as a National Socialist party.
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson