Editor,
Why are we debating the good and bad about socialism when that issue was settled centuries ago when we were given a constitutional republic, as per Benjamin Franklin (if we would only keep it)? Why do some still insist on arguing for an alien system that we plainly do not want in America?
Matt Grocott made sensible points in his opinion piece “Socialism in America” in the Aug. 27 edition of the San Mateo Daily Journal, and the letter-writers who railed against them are the ones who are confused, suggesting there’s an essential difference between communism and socialism. Maybe slight, but only in degrees of emphasis, not in fundamentals. May I refer those apologists to the official name of the former Soviet Union: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? Anything there that isn’t self-explanatory?
Socialists may not like to be called communists, but all communists consider themselves socialists. I spent nine days in Cuba and spotted ‘Viva Socialism’ banners all across the country. Clarence Manion, former dean of Notre Dame University, even equated liberalism with commu-socialism and, as an author, I have tossed fascism and Naziism (national socialism) into the same pile.
Ironically, it was Wall Street capitalists who communized Russia in 1917, operating at 120 Broadway in New York City. To those who would like to make that happen here, I say your ideology will be opposed and defeated.
Aric Leavitt
Santa Clara
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(3) comments
Is it really so hard to grasp that today's socializing of capitalism has absolutely nothing to do with communism and never will?! This confusion is only a right-wing attempt at muddling the dialogue and bewilder uneducated and easily fooled voters.
Taking the words right out of Hillary's mouth when folks started to question Bill Clinton. It was a right-wing conspiracy. Talking about uneducated fools who can be easily confused: how do you think Obama got elected?
You mean, the majority should have voted for Hillary instead of Obama, as the majority did for Hillary against Trump?
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