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@Migueldeicaza Yes. That and the fact that most in the US see themselves as a future someone with 4 houses and 3 yachts.
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You don't hate socialism. You hate the version that was explained to you by someone who owns 4 houses and 3 yachts
@Migueldeicaza I mean, I get the sentiment, I don't like the weaponization of the term on the right. But as someone who was born in a socialist country, whose parents spent most of their lives under totalitarian regime, and who can still see societal impact of the 40-year rule 36 years later, this kind of stuff makes me sad.
I get that this is almost certainly a confusion of terms ("socialism" in my country is not the same term as "social welfare" — socialism is meant in Marx-Lenin sense).
@filiph @Migueldeicaza
You are attributing the harms of authoritarianism, corruption, and relentless attacks from the capitalist West to “socialism”.
For example, Cuba’s woes are not primarily due to their embrace of socialism, but to America’s 60-year revenge campaign against a former colony that won its independence from imperialist colonizers and mobsters.
And as we reflect on the present moment, I wouldn’t say capitalism has yielded great results.
@freediverx @filiph right, another great axis. Coups, invasions, wars have often been used to prevent governments that threaten capital.
@Migueldeicaza @filiph
The Cold War was a fight against the threat of a good example.
The New Deal was a desperate act to save capitalism from the imminent threat of a well-organized, militant labor movement. Decades later, after organized labor was all but destroyed in America, we find ourselves back in a gilded age and on a likely path to human extinction.
@filiph there are multiple axis involved, corruption, authoritarianism, economic policy, social policy, plenty more- and humanity has explored many terrible blends.
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