About “Socialism” and Christianity
December 26, 2020
Roger E. Olson
About “Socialism” and Christianity
The word “socialism” is now being used, as it has been before, to scare people. During the recent U.S. election (November 2020), the Republican Party and its surrogates warned Hispanic Americans that electing Democrats would lead to socialism and a loss of freedom. This scare tactic was strong in Florida because many Floridians of Cuban descent equate socialism with Castro and his communist regime. But I saw the billboards in Spanish also in Texas. But that is not the only example; many conservative Americans are strongly anti-socialist—as they should be insofar as socialism means communism. But it doesn’t.