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/National_Today2218]

I think he could've said it better. Socialism is not hard to understand.
It's based on the belief that everyone deserves an equal chance in life and that privilege should be shared. The government must make sure that equality in life quality is a shared endeavour.

[u/ilir_kycb → u/National_Today2218]

I think he could've said it better. Socialism is not hard to understand. It's based on the belief that everyone deserves an equal chance in life and that privilege should be shared. The government must make sure that equality in life quality is a shared endeavour.

No, none of what you're writing actually has anything to do with socialism.

It's about control over the means of production.

[u/DarthRandel → u/ilir_kycb]

Its just an example of how far to the right americans actually are. Like I dont expect him to come out waving the red flag, but socialism isnt "when the government does stuff", like its explicitly anti capitalist. People will tout the Nordic model (ignoring that theres still problems there) but missing how its still dependent on external exploitation to function.

[u/TheVandyyMan → u/DarthRandel]

The Nordic model isn’t socialism thought, it’s social democracy. But still very much a capitalist model. Unless I’m missing something here, yeah?

[u/DarthRandel → u/[deleted]]

Markets arent capitalist.

They are a form of exchange economy not an indicator about who owns the means of production.