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The American people have been lied to for so long about what Socialism actually is to even be able to recognize it when it's happening right before their eyes.
by platevoltage 1y ago
The American people have been lied to for so long about what Socialism actually is to even be able to recognize it when it's happening right before their eyes.
- throwaway173738 1y agoNo this is what happens in authoritarian states all the time. Dear leader has a conversation with a “friend” and suddenly that friend’s enemies have some new limitation from the government. Socialism takes the form of generally higher taxes on profits from personal or corporate income which pay for things for the whole society.
- platevoltage 1y agoSo seizing the means of production is now something that Authoritarian Capitalists do, and socialism is just when taxes. Gotcha.