Americans have a tendency to confuse communism and socialism and to ignore the significant influence of [[Christian socialism|Christianity]] on socialism in Britain, former British colonies, and Europe. In fact socialism appears to be a synonym for communism for many Americans. Perhaps this is explained by the fact that, unlike Britain, there was a real fear of revolution in America following the [[Russian Revolution|Russian Revolutions of 1917]]. There has been some discussion of this above, but the crude distortion remains. --[[User:Timber2|Timber2]] ([[User talk:Timber2|talk]]) 18:30, 16 May 2020 (EDT) | Americans have a tendency to confuse communism and socialism and to ignore the significant influence of [[Christian socialism|Christianity]] on socialism in Britain, former British colonies, and Europe. In fact socialism appears to be a synonym for communism for many Americans. Perhaps this is explained by the fact that, unlike Britain, there was a real fear of revolution in America following the [[Russian Revolution|Russian Revolutions of 1917]]. There has been some discussion of this above, but the crude distortion remains. --[[User:Timber2|Timber2]] ([[User talk:Timber2|talk]]) 18:30, 16 May 2020 (EDT) |