Comment on This is why Americans hate Socialism.
rf_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“Means of building collective power”. That’s the right thing to communicate, My take is we need a new word that’s not socialism, communism etc because those words have lost concrete meaning, similar to globalism and neoliberalism no one knows what they mean anymore because they’ve been targeted, abused, redefined and vilified.
People have knee-jerk reactions to those words.
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 6 days ago
save_the_humans@leminal.space 1 week ago
A cooperative economy, co-ops in general, is the answer in my opinion. Anarchists and communists are mostly on board, if only seeing them as stepping stones towards larger goals. Being a form of socialism, socialists are on board. While being stateless and still relying on markets they may be able to sway conservatives. Their economic proof of success already might convince liberals. And who doesn’t want democracy in their workplace?
ODuffer@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think basically stop denonising unions. I’ve been hesitant to join mine as I don’t want to be seen as a trouble maker. Funnily I’ve already received my ‘last promotion’ at 56. I could shit on the marble floor and not get sacked. However simply displaying solidarity with my colleagues is deemed ‘offensive’. Two more years nearing retirement and I think I’ll let rip
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah… most people in my country don’t have a union available, and there are no prospects for creating one in the near future. I don’t mean any offense myself, but just having access to a union and not joining it is… an interesting choice from my perspective.