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Once that had been achieved, he said, people would no longer be able to fully comprehend the arguments of the opponents to socialism and Marxism.

That was prophetic. And it worked. How many do we have today who can't tell the differences between communism, socialism, and fascism?

I'd wager that 1 in 20 on the streets could correctly differentiate between them.

Seeing as Orwell (in his record of the Spanish Civil War 1933) correctly identified socialist communism simply as a form of fascism perhaps the distinctions between the two are not so material?

In reality, it was the Communists above all others who prevented revolution in Spain. Later, when the Right Wing forces were in full control, the Communists showed themselves willing to go a great deal further than the Liberals in hunting down revolutionary leaders.
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Between the Communists and those who claim to stand to the Left of them there is a real difference. The Communists hold that Fascism can be beaten by alliance with sections of the caitalist class (the Popular Front); their opponents hold that theis manoeuvre simply gives Fascism new breeding-grounds. The question has got to be settled; to make the wrong decision may be to land ourselves in for centuries of semi-slavery.

There has never been a truly communist government and never will be.

How many do we have today who can't tell the differences between communism, socialism, and fascism?

Once you have a generation or two taught social studies instead of history then the differences don't matter to them. Then just fill in with the pseudo-importance of popular culture and the battle is over to a large degree.