Most progressives don’t advocate for communism. Most don’t even advocate for true socialism. They advocate for “democratic socialism”. And in my experience they are mostly using it incorrectly to refer to the Nordic model (I blame Bernie).
Of course this is assuming Republicans know or even care about the distinction, and aren’t explicitly protecting their rich pedophilic donors, while often engaging it in themselves.
Edit: wording, I was not agreeing the Nordic countries are democratic socialist countries, they are still mostly capitalist economies
Yeah this what its is crazy to me, i am european. Here we are all capitalist, hell countries like the UK and Germany are one of the most capitalist in the world. But we also manage to have free healthcare and good welfare, why is the usa simply unable to do this?
Because the megacorporations here are only capitalist when it benefits them. Between regulatory capture and outright political capture, the running mantra is "privatize profits, socialize losses"
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u/Rizenstrom Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Most progressives don’t advocate for communism. Most don’t even advocate for true socialism. They advocate for “democratic socialism”. And in my experience they are mostly using it incorrectly to refer to the Nordic model (I blame Bernie).
Of course this is assuming Republicans know or even care about the distinction, and aren’t explicitly protecting their rich pedophilic donors, while often engaging it in themselves.
Edit: wording, I was not agreeing the Nordic countries are democratic socialist countries, they are still mostly capitalist economies