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[โ€“] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare

It's pretty much all US propaganda that makes people hate socialism

[โ€“] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, it's the red scare, but most translations of Karl Marx do use the word "socialism" for the state he described as a precursor to capitalism. And the name of the Russian communist federation was generally translated as "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."