50 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford 15 Aug \ parent \ on: Kamala Harris First Economic Plan Proposes Price Controls To "Combat Inflation" econ
The reason I went down this path is due to something that really concerns me.
I think the definition of socialism has shifted. And because of this there is this false idea that socialism works. The true socialists believe in the destruction of free markets and they are perfectly happy for people to be left in the dark about the bait and switch.
There are countries like Sweden that many Americans think are socialist. Sweden is not. It has a massive welfare state but in some ways has more free markets than the US. They tried socialism in the past and it did not go well. So they rolled it back.
People wonder why so many people are in love with socialism. I think it is because they do not know what it actually is and are being deceived.
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55 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 15 Aug
Agree. Many American self proclaimed socialists think the nordic countries are socialist nations.
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 15 Aug
I think we perpetrate this thinking by using the slur of communist/socialist politically.
Now, I'm fine with people saying "this idea is socialist". But people call Biden a communist. That's bullshit and doesn't help.
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55 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 15 Aug
Yes we need to do better than always arguing in absolutes. Everyone on the left is a commie and everyone on the right is a fascist according to the opposite base.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 15 Aug
Yeah. Its absurd.
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