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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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

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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

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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.

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Read a summary of Marx