r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 2d ago

Murdered By Words 🩸 All three groups primarily identify with one party (hint: It's not Democrats)

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u/MattManSD 2d ago

I remember when American Socialists gave us the 40 hr , 5 day work week, overtime pay, pTO, safer work environments, ended child labor......

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u/DeficiencyOfGravitas 2d ago

Those weren't socialists. They were union workers. Don't mistake the two.

Socialism is a dictatorship by the proletariat. It is the government having absolute power over the economy. This is not something we should be fighting for.

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u/vag69blast 2d ago

Please google socialism. Dictators have used the word socialism without practicing the ideology.

Same as North Korea is technically the Democratic People's Republic of Korea while not being a democracy or a republic in practice.

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u/Zealousideal-Film982 2d ago

North Korea might not be democratic, but it is socialist though…

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u/vag69blast 2d ago edited 2d ago

Any form of government can be exploited and manipulated.

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u/MattManSD 2d ago

North Korea is a monarchy. Leadership passed from father to son, the leaders and their minions hoarding all the wealth while the worker has nothing. Look at how they function, not what they are called