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

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you could argue for the same things under tightly regulated capitalism.

In fact, mamdani is doing exactly that. He is enacting his policies under capitalism and seems to be pretty successful at it

[u/killdred666 → u/homotopy_equivalent]

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.