• Lord Wiggle
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    18 months ago

    Socialism has loads of variations. Communism is proven to not be working. Whenever someone wants a more socialist society, it doesn’t mean they want communism. Even Hitler wanted a socialist society, the word ‘nazi’ comes from national socialist. Socialism is good for society, it’s just bad for rich assholes who love to exploit others for their own wallet and power. This is clearly visible with the way Elon tries to convince others: he can only use dumb memes as he clearly hasn’t got a single solid argument to prove his point.

  • @[email protected]
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    1449 months ago

    i cannot believe how many decades a single word has had a chokehold on this country with zero sense of political nuance

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      9 months ago

      Yup. Decades of Cold War propaganda, an incompetent news media, and a binary, two-party duopoly that positions itself as “the right” versus “the left” have all worked together on this one.

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        289 months ago

        And I still continually find people on the internet calling Russia communist. It’s enough to make a communist scream.

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          Ok, sure. But the whole red scare was specifically about the bipolar part with focus on the Soviet Union

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      The Russian Revolution freaked the capitalists out and they’ve done everything they could for nearly a century to demonize the concept of solidarity

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      29 months ago

      Nuance doesn’t even enter the conversation when it comes to communism. Republicans tell lies based on their voters inability to understand the basic definition of communism.

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    79 months ago

    My general response is to ask them to define communism and socialism, highlighting the differences between the two. The results will surprise you \s

  • LustyArgonian
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    9 months ago

    Was Trump a communist when he gave us those stimulus checks? Would Kamala be a communist if she implemented Universal Basic Income?

  • ☂️-
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    49 months ago

    oh they know what it is and they fear it.

    they just want us to be confused about what it even is.

  • Pandantic [they/them]
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    349 months ago

    I wish she wanted communism! Then I would be excited instead of just lukewarm about voting for her.

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    139 months ago

    Cops are NOT welcome in communism. They’ll already have spent time up against the wall if society ever evolves. ACAB, even ‘at least they aren’t the shitgibbon’

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      Well, it’s never happened that way in real life, but the dream lives on I suppose. Maybe Cuba? I’m not super familiar with the aftermath of their revolution, but Castro stayed a leader until he died, which seems unlikely in a democratic or otherwise non-authoritarian state.

    • Dojan
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      9 months ago

      Given the rainbow puzzle piece and the name, I’m guessing an ableist right-wing meme account presenting themselves as neurodivergent.

      Far right shills trying to be hip with the kids, in other words.

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    9 months ago

    Musk sycophants coming to his defense in the comments by quoting “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” 🤦‍♂️