Why there is so much communist propaganda on lemmy?

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Even from people that never lived in a communist state

edit: im 17 and i hate communism

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There are Socialists that take offense to being called Communist, because for them, Socialism is the goal itself

Very rare. Those who do dislike being called communists probably aren't very serious about socialism at all, and probably only want the "social capitalism" of Scandanavian countries.

Yep. And on the flip side, if I call a communist a socialist, it may be true technically, but I'm connotating that they want social capitalism instead of full communism.

And while theory written 100 years ago may have those terms be near equivalent, the meanings of those words have drifted a little since then.

Socialism doesn't refer to Social Democracy, but Socialism, ie Worker Ownership of the Means of Production.