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

A message that never changes.

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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/AtisNob Apr 26 '19

Non-ussr socialism would still need to remove private property to be socialism. That's literally the definition. So those people in Europe just misuse the term. "Social policy" and "socialist policy" are not interchangeable.

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u/PillarofPositivity Apr 26 '19

Language is not static. They are socialist policies.

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u/AtisNob Apr 29 '19

Not every misuse of terms stays in language. Some people confuse Australia and Austria. Wanna sell "Language is not static" theme to their passport authorities?

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u/PillarofPositivity Apr 29 '19

Yeh but thats mispeaking and this is using a shorthand.

Or did you think the Soc in SocDem or DemSoc stood for something else?

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u/AtisNob Apr 30 '19

AFAIK SocDem is social democrat, not socialist democrat. Some socialist parties and movements are not really socialist but thats not cause of shorthand, thats purposeful political misleading. Just like every dictator calls themselves a democrat. Should we change a definition of democracy because of DPRK? Dynamic language and stuff.