Rush once said that the only difference between socialists and communists is that a socialist will let you live if you disagree with them.
“Rush once said that the only difference between socialists and communists is that a socialist will let you live if you disagree with them.”
That is an important distinction!
If I remember right, communists (sometimes) believed that socialism was an intermediate step on the path to communism. If so, the socialist would allow you to live ‘for now.’