I just thought of what a silly euphemism "soft communism" is. "Soft communism" is Socializm or, more precisely, a transition period for the introduction of Marxist principles to the proletariat before the inevitable final revolution that will sweep from power and lofty position the evils of the hated bourgeosie for all time.
I think all Savage meant was socializm with rock & roll and everybody fat, dumb and unhappy. Maybe that's it. That's our innovation. How to be communist when everybody is drunk and fat and has more clothes and toys than they know what to do with. Even the poor. How to keep them ginned up against the "Man" THEN?
I thought there was an older version of "The Third Way" that was Socializm itself, promoted as a "kinder & gentler" form of Communism, in the 1950s maybe, by people like Nasser, and Ghandi(?). Is this not true?
I've heard the Hitler called his national socialism "The Third Way." But I've seen no historical proof of that. I imagine it was some phrase thrown out by a third-rate Marxist scribbler and later adopted by left wing politicians. Marxists are good at making up stupid phrases that mean whatever they want it to mean.
Try reading a "soft law" document like the UN's Biodiversity Treaty. It's filled with verbs, adjectives and phrases honking nonsense at each other. Precautionary principle is one of their stupid phrases. It means that something must be done before something happens even if we don't have proof that it will happen. Kyoto and the global warming nonsense is one example of the precationary principle in action.