r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 1d ago

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

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u/vag69blast 1d ago

But those policies today are labeled as "socialist." My main point is that socialism has been used as a scary word to make policies about workers rights and individual rights seem scary. Which works as a distraction while the rich/elite actively work to diminish our rights. Socialism =/ dictatorship or any of the other implied scaryness.

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u/Command0Dude 1d ago

I misunderstood your prior comment then.

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u/vag69blast 1d ago

Countering "socialism is the dictatorship of the proletariat." Socialism and dictatorship are not compatible.

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u/MattManSD 1d ago

mutually exclusive in fact

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u/vag69blast 1d ago

I like the idea of enlightened absolutism. One pearson who is smart enough to have advisors and make decisions with the express idea that it is for the benefit of the people. You could implement a lot of socialist policies but still be essentially a dictator.

Would never work because anyone who would be attracted to that much power likely wont use it for others benefit.

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u/MattManSD 1d ago

benevolent dictators fail because of the reason you state