Comment on The Billionaires have spent a fortune making sure you hate Socialism.

Scaramanga@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/8

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• QueenHawlSera@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah because every man for himself and the glorification of selfishness has done wonders for society. Get bent.

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• Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Socialism always works, and has always dramatically improved the lives of the people as compared to what came before.

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  • Scaramanga@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Where has it worked ? It didn’t work out too well for my family in Eastern Europe.

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    • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Life expectancy doubled in Russia, literacy rates went from 20-30% (depending on the region) to 99.9% within the span of decades. Healthcare was made free and high quality, same as education. Famine was gradually eliminated in a region where Tsarist agriculture made that a common affair. Homes were dramatically upgraded from wooden shacks in rural areas to decent apartments for everyone. I don’t know where in Eastern Europe your family is from, but the great majority of society saw dramatic improvements compared to semi-feudalism before it. Aristocrats and capitalists definitely lost out, and the transition wasn’t bloodless, but the vast majority of society pulled ahead.

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      • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Compared to feudalism. Low bar, huh?

        Plus lol@famines. Ukraine wants a word.

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• Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You are right, only 39 of the top 40 economies have socialist policies like universal education, Healthcare or workers rights. Total failure.

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  • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Welfare isn’t socialism, this isn’t the gotcha you think it is.

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No true Scotsman

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Okay, then all of those socialist governments you admire are capitalist.

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      • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        No? Socialism is a mode of production and distribution, not something as simple as a social safety net operating within the bounds of capitalism. This isn’t a purity test, it’s a definitional distinction.

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  • glibg10b@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re making the common mistake of confusing social welfare and socialism

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No true Scotsman

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Okay then, I guess that means you love capitalism since all of those economies are capitalist.

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Read a book

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• TeamSports_or_CuckPorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Team sports

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