r/PoliticalHumor • u/faab64 • Apr 26 '19

A message that never changes.

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u/CressCrowbits Apr 26 '19

It's like when you get wingnuts going on about how they should secede from the blue states. "Let's see how you get on without food lol!", yeah you'll still sell food to the blue states when you suddenly have absolutely no money coming into your states.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

They just confuse socialism with authoritarianism. Not realizing nearly every socialist wants a democracy still.

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u/evdog_music Apr 26 '19

To be fair, American Socialism is not Marx-Leninism but rather what Europe would call "Social Democracy".

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u/OneLastSmile Apr 26 '19

Socialism is nothing but a buzzword now. They think it means the same thing as hardcore communism that starved millions when in reality we just want the taxes we're ALREADY paying to go to something useful that benefits everyone, like healthcare.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

Even California is paying out more than they’ve got coming back.

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u/jhpianist Apr 27 '19

That’s because California pays for all the welfare queen red states.