What's changed within the GOP?

[Steely_Dan_Fan]

@Hellestal

There are copious writings over most of the 20th century. It started with Lenin and continued till the end.

Khrushchev:

From the same time, the third Program of the Communist Party, 1961 (available by pdf)

From 1986, the fourth Program of the Communist Party:This is not “debatable”. Building communism was the explicit purpose of the entire country, a purpose which they endlessly reiterated. It is simply mistaken to say that “there was nothing the least bit communist about the Soviet Union”. It was the purpose of their government. They failed, but they were expressly clear about the ideal they failed to meet. A failed communist is a still a communist. Their stated ideals don’t become null and void just because they didn’t succeed, especially since no one has ever succeeded.

I’m not going to post again in this thread. It’s off-topic. You’re free to start a thread in Great Debates if you like.

I don’t care what they said their intentions were. I’m interested in what their actual intentions were.