Communism destroyed millions of lives, but its critics are now branded "neocons".

New Statesman ^ | 07 June 2007 | Robert Service

[hedgetrimmer]

This is funny, because neocons are not anti-communist. LOL my laugh for the day.

[Jack Black]

I believe other than idiots, communism is widely discredited, at least in the USA.

Socialism, however, is not. Socialism is Communism with a good PR firm. Socialism is Communism + Democracy, which makes it all ok, I guess.

So far the elected communists (socialists) have not used gulags, trains, etc. to enforce their fevered visions. The poster above expects Hillary to act like a Communist, but I kinda doubt it. I think she will just continue to raise taxes, pass more and more laws constraining individual behaviour (from smoking, to zoning, to guns) and yes, maybe even get Talk Radio reigned in, but do all of it just using 'normal' mechanisms.

Because we live in a Post-Constitutional Republic there is really no bounds on what laws can be passed. What can go wrong, will. But I don't think Hillary will become dictator for life or end elections.

[SolidWood]

They are. The first generation of the “original neocons” used to be Trotskyists in their younger years, however during the cold war the neocons were staunchly anti-soviet.

[hedgetrimmer]

They are not anti-communism. That’s different from being anti-soviet.

They love the Chicoms and how chinese slave labor camps advance their hedge funds.

They find the soviets, read Putin, their rival for global domination of the economy, that’s why they don’t like him in particular.

[dfwgator]

Communism was just a trick for scupulous men to use the “have nots” as a tool to gain power.

[woollyone]

Utopia (from Greek: οὐ no, and τόπος, place, i.e. "no place" or "place that does not exist")

[Jack Black]

Sweden has not had Gulags. Hillary wants to turn the USA into Sweden, not the USSR.

Right now I don't see anyone really opposing her in succeeding at that. Certainly Bush2 has not done much to slow the advance of Socialism in America. Sadly.

[hedgetrimmer]

When did Hillary every visit Sweden? She has visited China many times, and her brand of communism is more aligned with China than Sweden.

[ex-snook]

"Vietnam and China without anyone denying that the economic future lies with capitalism"

As long as we provide the capital, they love capitalism.

[Jack Black]

So you think she is going to outlaw the Republican party? I don't think so. I think she wants to be the elder spokesperson for a 30 year socialist power run. Think of Treadeu in Canada, or the occassionaly changing "two socialist party" stasis of places like France and Denmark.

That's her game, and she's winning.

[hedgetrimmer]

So you think she is going to outlaw the Republican party?

Why should she? The neocons have effectively destroyed it. No need for her to waste the bandwitdh.

How will the integration of Canada and Mexico with the US help her? I'm curious. She's not a power-player with the Mexican elite as far as I know, and they are calling the shots on the NAU right now.

[ex-snook]

"Why should she? The neocons have effectively destroyed it. No need for her to waste the bandwitdh. "

Score! Hopefully the neocons will migrate back to their Democrast roots and destroy them again.

[gcruse]

“And the USA, if a DemocRAT is elected POTUS next year.”

Hysterical hyperbole aside, we will survive.

[HardStarboard]

>>>From now on it’s Neocon vc. Neocom... LOL.<<<

Thanks...I remember thinking as I typed it..."thats got a nice ring to it, wonder if it might catch on".

I'll try it out on the liberals at the coffee shop when I get a chance....I'll let you know if I survive the fireworks.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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FREEDOM =

The Right to say “NO” to Communism

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FREEDOM’s Loss =

Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts

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[Pelham]

Irving Kristol more or less invented neoconservatism, so why not see how he defined it:

http://tinyurl.com/k773

[Pelham]

http://tinyurl.com/k773

[JasonC]

Venezuela, Nicaruaga, Zimbabwe, Nepal - communism is actually on the rise again in various backwaters. Still wrecking everything it touches, and embarassed to call itself what it is in some places.

[Pelham]

“That would describe the families of many who call themselves “paleo-conservatives.””

Talk about getting it all backwards.

[neverdem]

Neocom might be tough on the hard of hearing. They might hear Neocon with their bad hearing. Maybe Neocommies?