First of all, Nazis killed Socialists before they killed Jews. Anything that smelled of Marxism was "tainted" (per Mein Kamph) and had to be shot on sight.
Second, calling Stalin and Mao Socialists is like calling Rome under Claudius and Nero a Republic. The name was there, but the leadership took a piss on what it stood for at any and all opportunities.
Yes, I've read Mein Kamph. AND I have a really nice copy of the Essential Writings of Marx on my bookshelf. So bloody amazing how many people will refuse to read the damn things to understand what they're so against...
Oh, and on eugenics, it was interesting to note that the Federation of Star Trek banned it in most every case aside from greivous illness. Geordi, for example, was blind at birth. And when someone DID tinker with the kids genetics, it pretty much coemned the kid (see Julian Bashir - I think the reason he and Ezri stayed put wasn't really because they were an item, but that their names were mud on their respective homeworlds).
From a self-described Socialist
Second, calling Stalin and Mao Socialists is like calling Rome under Claudius and Nero a Republic. The name was there, but the leadership took a piss on what it stood for at any and all opportunities.
Yes, I've read Mein Kamph. AND I have a really nice copy of the Essential Writings of Marx on my bookshelf. So bloody amazing how many people will refuse to read the damn things to understand what they're so against...
Oh, and on eugenics, it was interesting to note that the Federation of Star Trek banned it in most every case aside from greivous illness. Geordi, for example, was blind at birth. And when someone DID tinker with the kids genetics, it pretty much coemned the kid (see Julian Bashir - I think the reason he and Ezri stayed put wasn't really because they were an item, but that their names were mud on their respective homeworlds).