sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 12 days agoThe Billionaires have spent a fortune making sure you hate Socialism.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1868
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minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 days agoYou are right, only 39 of the top 40 economies have socialist policies like universal education, Healthcare or workers rights. Total failure.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoWelfare isn’t socialism, this isn’t the gotcha you think it is.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoNo? 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.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agoOkay, then all of those socialist governments you list are capitalist. They are all certainly as capitalist as they are socialist. no exceptions.
minus-squareglibg10b@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoYou’re making the common mistake of confusing social welfare and socialism
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agoOkay then, I guess that means you love capitalism since all of those 40 economies are capitalist. 100%. If they qualify as socialist, they certainly are also capitalist. All of them.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoYes, I agree. Not sure what your point is…
You are right, only 39 of the top 40 economies have socialist policies like universal education, Healthcare or workers rights. Total failure.
Welfare isn’t socialism, this isn’t the gotcha you think it is.
No true Scotsman
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.
Okay, then all of those socialist governments you list are capitalist. They are all certainly as capitalist as they are socialist. no exceptions.
Yes, they certainly are.
You’re making the common mistake of confusing social welfare and socialism
No true Scotsman
Okay then, I guess that means you love capitalism since all of those 40 economies are capitalist.
100%. If they qualify as socialist, they certainly are also capitalist. All of them.
Yes, I agree. Not sure what your point is…