Quote Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy View Post
I'd prefer to use an agreed-upon online dictionary to define all our terms, to end the quibbling.
That is hardly scholarly. They go through the same process we do, and they get their definitions from their sources according to the authors' political inclinations. If we are gonna agree on terms, we are gonna do it on our own terms. Let the communists define communism and CITE their sources. Then the Capitalists can decide whether to agree on those terms or not. Let the Capitalist define capitalist terms, then let the Communists agree whether to accept them or not. That process is going to be a good 3/4 of the debate, and possibly the most interesting and intense part.