The taboo on the word is still pretty strong in several areas of the country so, many people would like you to feel upset by it. Progress and education are two of the only nonviolent ways to change this
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Wait, am I meant to feel upset that people are embracing the moniker of socialist?
DokPsy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
What McCarthyism does to a mf
fishy@lemmy.today 2 days ago
For most Americans- Marxism=communism=socialism=authoritarianism.
Those same morons pine to return to the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s where we had FDRs socialist policies.
decolo@piefed.social 1 day ago
There are a lot of eastern Europeans and Slavs who also have this problem.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Most of those guys are aging out. That’s what the stats show on generational polling.
daychilde@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think it’s prime time to take the word back. Memes like Fox listing out all the things the “socialists” want and… for the most part, it’s stuff we actually do want and people in general want… yeah, let’s take that word back. We need social safety nets.
obre@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I think Bart is supposed to be there DNC / establishment dems, and Homer is DSA / progressives