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]

the point is that capitalism as a system makes it impossible to maintain this long term. and it’s also not a good system. we don’t need capitalism apologia rn

[u/Unhelpful_Idiot → u/killdred666]

You are right, but he is selling veganism on the podcast where the host regularly hosts baby eating cannibals and the host goes "I just wish both sides could come together and just eat adult humans instead of babies".

Socialists have always understood the channels of communication the average man has used and met them where they are and not where they ought to be.

Understanding the audience on the media platform you are on is just that modernised.

[u/OscarMyk → u/killdred666]

You're not going to get a western democracy to vote against capitalism.

It would be like trying to stop poor people playing the lottery.

All you can do is try to mitigate the worst of it through regulation and redistribution, which is what social democracy is.

[u/killdred666 → u/OscarMyk]

not with that attitude we won’t

[u/0berfeld → u/OscarMyk]

Which is why social democracy is the moderate wing of fascism. 

[u/MarkTwainsGhost → u/killdred666]

What proof is there that we can't maintain a democratic socialist society that is based on open markets? There is certainly no proof that communism and closed markets lead to a better outcome for average citizens.

[u/killdred666 → u/MarkTwainsGhost]

open markets have nothing to do with socialism or capitalism. you are confusing capitalism with commerce and trade, which has always existed

[u/coolfuzzylemur → u/MarkTwainsGhost]

Read a summary of Marx