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If that's the case then the word socialism has lost any consistent meaning. We are literally turning toward capitalist corporations to manufacture and sell pro
by allovernow 7y ago
If that's the case then the word socialism has lost any consistent meaning.
We are literally turning toward capitalist corporations to manufacture and sell products to solve a crisis. This is not socialism. Workers are not taking control of factories. The government is not commandeering private resources.
>Look, either socialism includes Bernie Sander's Democratic Socialism or it doesn't
You also don't seem to understand how many different flavors of socialism exist - feel free to point out how what's going on now fits under any definition. Also what does any of this have to do with Sanders?
- munk-a 7y agoI bring it up because Sanders' Democratic Socialism has been repeatedly called out as Stalinist and made to be a boogeyman. And I agree, the word socialism is losing meaning because right wing media has been trying to equate democratic socialism with Stalin for years now - I think now is an opportune time to clarify that this is the level of socialism being advocated for, a public/private partnership where the government intervenes in one segment of the market to help guide the others.
- allovernow 7y ago>And I agree, the word socialism is losing meaning because right wing media has been trying to equate democratic socialism with Stalin The fact that you agree with what you read does not mean that it isn't propaganda. The man had his homeymoon in the USSR and is on video talking fondly of bread lines. I'm not saying he's Stalin 2.0 but right wing media isn't entirely stretching when they point out how far removed his policies are from American politics. Note, that's not a value judgement. I'm just saying you're wrong to blame the shift in meaning on the particular media that you don't agree with.