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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Well, I suppose it depends again on your definition. When you say 'Socialists have no regard for human life', it should be qualified with the fact that you can't mean people who vote NDP (who consider themselves 'Socialists') have no regard for human life.
Socialism has evolved just like Democracy, Facism, Conservatism, Liberalism, etc. None of those exactly resemble their origins. To make sweeping generalizations about 'Socialists' without qualifying that you're talking about Marxist/Stalinist/Maoist 'Socialism' is a bit misleading.
Socialists do not have 'no regard for human life'. Stalin, Mao, and others may have had none, but most Socialists would denounce their methods as not representative of true Socialism, but rather Oligarchic Dictatorship.
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You're still talking semantics and I would actually argue with your definition of theoretical evolution. Do you imply some sort of Hegalian synthesis or Burkean incremental change.
The roots of all ideology remains the same and thus influences our modern perspectives.