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[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Won't that just drive business to the city-owned stores? Sounds like he's trying to help!

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I mean, sure, that's very funny, but please don't help feed the right-wing lie falsely equating democratic socialism with communism.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 13 points 21 hours ago

Why? Maybe if people understand that what they are scared with to be "communism" is affordable housing, public transport and education and not being harassed by police, they will break out of the propaganda alltogether.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's a bit confusing, but in my view almost all socialists (including democratic socialists) are communists since the end goal they are trying to achieve is communism. Socialism (which can be described as welfare state, majority-publicly owned capital, and planned or market-socialist economy) is almost always seen as a stepping stone towards communism (stateless, classless, moneyless society), even though it is would also be an improvement on its own.

(to confuse matters even further, Lenin's party was initially called Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, even though today's understanding of social-democracy would only apply to the Menshevik wing).

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yea, in the bolshevik's case back then Social Democracy was also used as a term for communism in some areas. Not so much anymore, but that makes reading older texts a bit confusing if you aren't aware of that.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Was tempted to troll lemmygrad with this classic meme: https://lefty.pictures/post/view/15726

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Good meme, but it wouldn't work on grad, we did read enough theory to know the history behind that name.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Right, getting one past Lemmygrad is about as easy as getting past Stalingrad.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 20 hours ago

Pretty sure they'd get the irony, lol. A tier shitpost

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[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I like that lil commie ghost, where can I get stickers?

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

You could make them and capitalism the hell out of it.

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[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 7 points 18 hours ago

socialist candidate

looks inside

another socdem

Think the billionaire is safe, even more so considering the proposed pro-business policies by the candidate

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

Nice of him to make way for the worker owned stores

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