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minus-squareanachronist@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThere is overlap especially when you don’t confuse communism as the broader framework with state communism or even worse soviet communism.
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI have an idea of what a state is, but what’s a “soviet”? That’s not an English word. What does “soviet” mean in Russian?
minus-squareanachronist@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoI know you’re being cute but “soviet” is indeed a word in English: http://dict.org/bin/Dict Soviet adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders" n 1: an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) And it means what I intended it to mean, the official state ideology of the USSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThat sounds bland, I like the idea of council communism better. How do you say “council communism” in Russian?
There is overlap especially when you don’t confuse communism as the broader framework with state communism or even worse soviet communism.
I have an idea of what a state is, but what’s a “soviet”? That’s not an English word.
What does “soviet” mean in Russian?
I know you’re being cute but “soviet” is indeed a word in English: http://dict.org/bin/Dict
Soviet adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders" n 1: an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)And it means what I intended it to mean, the official state ideology of the USSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
That sounds bland, I like the idea of council communism better.
How do you say “council communism” in Russian?