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socialistfuck · 4064 days ago · link · · parent · post: Politicians across the spectrum believe voters are vastly more rightwing than they are, even after elections prove otherwise
I think so. We're constantly inundated with the message that Democrats are like Europeans: "communist" and "socialist".
If only. Really, if only one of our parties pushed for social ownership of capital. It hurts to have to keep explaining that a welfare state is not the same thing as socialism. Redistributing wealth accrued in a capitalist system is not even close to the concept of socialism. But it falls on deaf ears when some people are still fighting the Cold War in their minds.
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socialistfuck · 4064 days ago · link ·
I introduce the concept of socialism by avoiding using the word until I've explained what it means. When you get them to accept the idea sans the term used to describe it they are, in my experience, much less likely to suddenly hate socialism again.