I really hate the word "socialism" because it seems like, more than anything, it& #39;s a word for people to waste their time debating the definition. But Within the Marxist-Leninist framework it& #39;s pretty clear to me that socialism is a transition between capitalism and communism. https://twitter.com/LunaOi_VN/status/1248655802086219777">https://twitter.com/LunaOi_VN...

For me, the most useful thing about the word "socialism" is it helps me quickly identify assholes I don& #39;t want to waste time interacting with based on how hostile they become any time the word comes up. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with sunglasses">

But yeah like, different ideologies/tendencies use the word very differently. Like, what a Democratic Socialist calls "socialism," a Marxist-Leninist would just call "bourgeois socialism" or not consider socialism at all, because there& #39;s no intent/striving towards communism--

Anarchists use the word in all sorts of ways. Even within Marxist-Leninism, Marx and Lenin seemed to use it in slightly different ways from each other. Hell, Marx even used it in different ways over the decades that he wrote.

It& #39;s just an annoying word, I& #39;ve always hated it. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat">