• @[email protected]
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    14411 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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      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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          Ok, sure. But the whole red scare was specifically about the bipolar part with focus on the Soviet Union

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        2810 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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      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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      210 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.

  • Pandantic [they/them]
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    3410 months ago

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

  • Lord Wiggle
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    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.

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      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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    oh they know what it is and they fear it.

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

  • LustyArgonian
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    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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    lol every time they try to fear monger about Harris and Walz they just make them cooler. idiots.

    “if she wins everybody gets free healthcare”

    “he’s a socialist”

    “she wants communism”

    well sign me the fuck up then, you dodo.

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      110 months ago

      Even if you’re not a communist, socialist, left leaning American, what the right and capitalism offer isn’t somehow better.

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      They’ve been screaming about socialism and communism for over 20 years now. The next wave of voters has become numb to this bullshit talking point.

      It’s kind of how in the past they were screaming that gays are going to kill marriages for 20 years, then people finally saw through their bullshit so now they are attacking trans people.

      Republican talking points are always fear mongering and lies. My entire life they have NEVER provided a solution to anything. It’s constant hysteria and then reactionary bullshit like the patriot act and Iraq war that has made things infinitely worse.

      Republicans want to seem tough, but they are some of the most scared, biggest bitches you’ll ever meet. They are literarily afraid of bathrooms…

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        The problem they have is that communism was a real enemy of the US with examples of autocratic governments worldwide that were well known and scary to people.

        However, now that everyone can Google “what is communism” and “what is socialism” only the most incurious morons fall for the “that’s socialism!” lines of attack. Everyone else simply laughs about it.

        It really doesn’t help that Republicans are openly talking about how they want to setup and autocracy/monarchy which is exactly the scary part of former/current communist states. Nor does it help that whenever Republicans are labeling something communist, it’s loved social programs such as libraries, social security, or Medicare.

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    Dems: Hey, we have policies are that going to help other people have more of the same rights you have…

    Them: THEY’RE TAKIN’ MUY RIGHTS AWAY!!!

    Dems: We’re not taking anyone’s rights away, other people are just…

    Them: MARXIST COMMUNIST SOCIALISM!!