Do You Think Obama is a Socialist... Do You Care?

[Viper1]

akuma587 said:

Viper1 said:
1. I'm neither a Republican nor a Conservative.

2. I care not whether the USSR collapsed or it's no longer the 1950's. The definitions retain their meaning.


Public perception may change all it likes but it doesn't change facts.

That makes no sense.  Definitions of social constructs like capitalism, democracy, and socialism change their meaning over time because those words have no meaning without reference to reality, in other words the way those things are actually practiced.  That's like saying that an airplane today is the same as an airplane from 50 years ago because the definition hasn't changed.  It makes absolutely no sense.

Words change their meaning over time in every language known to man.  That is just how languages work.  Reality is constantly changing.  Words are just signifiers for aspects of reality.

Airplane - Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.

Does this definition apply any differently today than it did in 1950?

 

You guys are claiming the definitions are fluid and have changed over the years yet you're also treating the title I gave him as though it were still the decades old idealogies.  So which is it?  Is a mild Facsist Social Interventionist of modern times a bad thing or good thing?   Which era of ideaology do you wish to apply?  Pick one and stop trying to alter to to fit your arguments.