RGacky3
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Trust me, it isnt, but I am beginning to see more clearly.
To put it into party political terms it reminds me of the British labor parties history. At one time it was largely dominated by socialists, but eventually rejected socialism in favour of a move closer to the center.
Some of their supporters still self identify as socialists, even though they arent anymore.
It appears you identify with that drift away from socialism toward a more moderate position (although perhaps not as far), but despite rejecting many core tennents of socialism decide to remain self-identified as socialist, as is your right.
Ive always found that stance confusing, given the negative connotations associated with socialism, but I guess people have their reasons.
Well ... at least amung the socialists I know.
I don't know whether it's a moderate position or what, I'm taking the paleo-socialist line, i.e. non-leninist, more libertarian socialist line.
I call myself a socialist because my position has always been what socialism means, from Bakunin to Chomsky, from the origional concept of Soviets (before Lenin and his cronies contralized the process) to the Anarchist CNT-FAI, to the Zapatistas to the Cooperative movement.
I don't know what else to call it, its socialism.