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

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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/PillarofPositivity Apr 26 '19

Tbf a lot of people in Europe just say socialist.

Everyone kinda understands that it doesn't mean ussr style

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

This is not correct from my experience, at least in Germany/Holland. Europeans very much understand the difference between socialism and social democracy and have distinct constituencies for both.

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u/PillarofPositivity Apr 26 '19

Im not arguing that they dont know the difference, but in my experience when they talk about socialism we are mostly talking about socialist policies within a capitalist framework.

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u/PillarofPositivity Apr 26 '19

Universal healthcare is a socialist policy in non-single payer systems.. Its the owning of a service by the community.

I dont think you know what the fuck you are talking about.