• Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      Holy shit I immediately regret looking at your post history. Time for a nice “avoid” tag.

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      22 hours ago

      Lmao. Socialism works great. Where I live we have some of the highest taxes but we also have one of the strongest middle classes. We have everything we need. The only sad part is that the far right has gained more power because they made stupid people believe “the immigrants” were taking away our social security. But then the far right took away some of our social security. You can’t make this shit up.

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        19 hours ago

        Socialism refers to collective ownership of the means of production. Social democracy refers to a capitalist market economy supplemented by welfare programs, labor protections, and public services. The two terms are not interchangeable despite frequent misuse on the internet. You are describing and advocating for social democracy not socialism.

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          15 hours ago

          Finally somone who can distinguish the difference. Having some socialist policies doesn’t make whole system socialist

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            9 hours ago

            It is amazing to me. How many people don’t know the difference constantly advocating for social democracy under the name of socialism.

            It is infuriating.