Yes we need to do better than always arguing in absolutes. Everyone on the left is a commie and everyone on the right is a fascist according to the opposite base. 

grayruby

I think we perpetrate this thinking by using the slur of communist/socialist politically.

Now, I'm fine with people saying "this idea is socialist". But people call Biden a communist. That's bullshit and doesn't help.  

kepford

econ

Kamala Harris First Economic Plan Proposes Price Controls To "Combat Inflation"

siggy47

Agree. Many American self proclaimed socialists think the nordic countries are socialist nations. 