Here are some excerpts from a website that represents a political party In the United States. Check them out and see if you picked the right answer.

Our Party is a consistent fighter for the unity of our multiracial, multinational, male-female, young and old working class. Our unity must cross all lines of religion, region, and origin. It must encompass immigrants, both legal and undocumented, the unemployed and homeless. We fight to unite people on welfare, workers in all industries and of all income levels, workers in every region of the country. The fight to build the broadest possible unity is our main contribution to today’s struggles.

Even though Bush conspired against the U.S. people to steal the elections in 2000, the (Party Name Deleted to test you), rather than focusing on proving the conspiracy, participated and gave leadership to the mobilization of thousands who rallied against the theft.

We oppose drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and we oppose the use of nuclear power until there is a safe way to dispose of waste (and if there is no safe way, don’t use nuclear power at all).

This Might give it away if you haven’t figured it out yet

Socialism is a transitional stage because there isn’t a quick straight line between a society based on exploitation and one based on equality, plenty, and human needs as the ultimate determining factor rather than profits. There are many “hidden” aspects of the economy and other social organization that will have to be changed, a process that will be protracted.

Socialism, in our view, is a precursor to communism. Socialism is a stage of development where society transforms itself into an economic system based on production for use rather than production for profit, where social need plays a much larger role in political and economic decisions, where the “commanding heights of the economy” are socially owned and run on behalf of society, and where people can begin to transform themselves.

That’s right it’s the Communist Party USA. Bet you thought it was Democrats, huh? Can’t tell the difference? Neither can I. I guess that’s my point. It’s interesting to note that the Communist Party sees Capitalism as undemocratic, and Communism as true Democracy.

Capitalism is very undemocratic and unpatriotic. It gives people no say in the economic decisions made by corporations, which can affect the lives and livelihoods of hundreds or thousands of workers and kill whole communities.

And what about those pesky despotic regimes of communism?

The human rights records of socialist countries have been uneven, and certainly have included violations of human rights, which we see as unacceptable. But the view that all socialist countries are completely undemocratic is a lie, another superficial PR job to keep people from looking critically at our own country’s violations of human right

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There are many popular misconceptions about the Party, communism and socialism. One is that everything in the USSR and China and Cuba and other socialist countries is totalitarian, repressive, and undemocratic. These misconceptions at best are a superficial analysis and at worst an intentional falsehood.

Interesting. Apparently I’ve been duped. What about Vietnam?

Many revolutions have been relatively peaceful, including the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Vietnamese Revolution of 1945. The bloodshed comes when those formerly in power initiate a civil war, or foreign armies invade, trying to reestablish capitalist, feudal, or colonial power… (skipping ahead)… This was true in Vietnam, when the former colonial power invaded Indochina in a vain attempt to re-establish their control of the people, resources, economics, and politics of the region.Again, the responsibility for most of the violence rests on a deposed ruling class, in this case the French government (supported by the United States). After the Vietnamese defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu, there was a negotiated Geneva settlement, ending the military conflict, partitioning the country, and setting democratic elections for 1956.

Apparently everyone was happy until we pesky Capitalist Pigs showed up and inflicted all that violence. It leaves me emboldened in my view that the Anti-War/Hippie movement was based on Communist principles. The war was wrong because it was a war on Communism. I’ll expand on that some other time. My point here is that there is no difference in the Democratic Party and the Communist Party agendas, and it’s not a coincidence.

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