[random_pr]

The word is separate from the political beliefs of the person who happened to come up with it (or popularize it) first.

[twoodfin]

Exactly. If you're going to complain about "meritocracy", just wait until you find out where "capitalism" originates!

[lotsofmangos]

I'm not likely to be that surprised. My dad used to be a Marxist.

[lotsofmangos]

I'm not complaining about the politics, just the seeming lack of awareness of the comedic roots. If you have read the original coinage in context, it turns much of the modern discussion made in earnest seriousness, to be just a farcical continuation of the original satire, in quite a similar way to how a lot of Chris Morris' work has crept into real-life news and politics.