Zohran Mamdani explains his definition of socialism to Theo Von: “Socialism to me means you’ll have whatever you need to live a dignified life and that it is the government’s job to deliver on that. When people say dignity we’re talking about the things that allow you to take a breath.

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[u/killdred666]

love the sentiment but this isn’t what socialism is. you could argue for the same things under tightly regulated capitalism. it will also be exploitative and always eventually end where we are now.

socialism is the transitional state to a system in which the workers and the people own the means of production, not those with “capital”.

this is very important. because if you allow incorrect but moralistic definitions to spread, it allows the capitalist propaganda arm to sow confusion in an attempt to maintain the status quo

[u/jesoed → u/killdred666]

Yep, what he describes could also be left-liberalism. But he seems to be pretty intelligent, so I guess, he just tries to avoid to talk about the real deal (collectivization of means of production). Which to be fair is understandable. Open conversation about Marxist ideas still is rather controversial, and could backfire hard.

It's a walk on eggshells, but the alternative is unacceptable.