Tonight’s debate
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LOL!
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edit: I guess we can't post videos from Twitter anymore since douche musk changed it to X.
edit2: just need to change the domain to twitter.com
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Folks at home on the right have a super-distorted and alarmist impression of what socialism is.
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most people in the US hear the word "socialism" and automatically assume it means the exact same as "communism"
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Yeah, wut?
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It's a wrasslin thing. Be happy you don't know it.
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I’d be happy if you explained the joke.
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Bernie Sanders makes money? What a hypocrite. Next thing you know he'll write a book and try to sell it at Barnes and Noble. Someone needs to explain to Bernie what socialism is.
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That would be me and fuck Bernie Sanders.
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No, that’s why I say Crom Bless.
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Most 'socialists' would absolutely prefer communism but figure they can fly under the radar a little better by saying they just want a little socialism.
Bernie is a typical commie, he's just a little more equal than the others. Also, he lived his ideals by getting kicked out of a hippie commune for being a lazy freeloader, lulz.
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lol no.
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Well they think they would at least.
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Not most. One is too many, though.
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There is no such thing as actual communism once you involve more than 20 or so people. If you and 19 other people survive a plane crash and are stranded on a large deserted island with plenty of resources, communism is probably the ideal system to organize yourselves under. But once two of the survivors have a baby and you add that 21st person to the mix, communism will start to fall apart.
Current human nature does not allow for the possibility of actual communism on a wide scale. Certainly not on the national level. The people drawn to power and other psychopaths will always subvert it and turn it into what the Soviets had. Maybe someday we'll get to some kind of society like in Star Trek, but it's going to take a hell of a lot longer than a couple hundred years.
But in the meantime, we can at least aim for basic safety nets like free healthcare.
In the interests of expediency, I will now add my own joe8 emoji to this post.
