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minus-squarekurwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoUh weren’t they considered communist? (Which is still a misrepresentation of what communism is) My point was hes a part of the DSA so he self identifies as socialist. When I think socialist countries I think of Nordic countries not the friggin USSR.
minus-squarehcf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoYOU are not the average voter. You’re likely much more informed than the average American voter. When the average American voter hears “socialism”, they think of “the Ruskies” or the “Chi-coms”, not Scandinavia. They think Scandinavia is the thing that sits on your printer that converts your documents into pdfs.
minus-squarespacemint_rhino@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe Nordic countries aren’t socialist they are capitalist countries with strong welfare states. Socialism is the democratic ownership of the means of production, the nordics are still very much capitalist.
Uh weren’t they considered communist? (Which is still a misrepresentation of what communism is)
My point was hes a part of the DSA so he self identifies as socialist.
When I think socialist countries I think of Nordic countries not the friggin USSR.
YOU are not the average voter. You’re likely much more informed than the average American voter.
When the average American voter hears “socialism”, they think of “the Ruskies” or the “Chi-coms”, not Scandinavia.
They think Scandinavia is the thing that sits on your printer that converts your documents into pdfs.
The Nordic countries aren’t socialist they are capitalist countries with strong welfare states.
Socialism is the democratic ownership of the means of production, the nordics are still very much capitalist.