What opinion could get you massively cancelled in 1923 and 1823?

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Communism

well not in 1823.

You mean didn't ?

I don't know what you're asking but the word "communism" - although used in some small French circles in the late 1780s didn't get used in English until 1840.

I see 1823 as in the past when it's currently 2023, didn't know about that wasn't a English word then .

understood, but in the same way that 2023 is different to 1979 and 1951 - so too 1823 was different to 1867 (first volume of Das Kapital published) and 1894 (last volume of Das Kapital published)