Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoELI5 What is the hate against socialism? I mean doesn't it mean a system where the people take care of themselves and neighbors?message-squaremessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down123
arrow-up1404arrow-down1message-squareELI5 What is the hate against socialism? I mean doesn't it mean a system where the people take care of themselves and neighbors?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square312fedilink
minus-squarewischi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78arrow-down5·5 days agoProbably US-Americans confusing anything that’s not predatory capitalism with Russia and China.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·5 days agoConfusing or deliberately conflating, depending on whether they’re the fraudster or the mark.
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAnd unfortunately this conflation was also exploited by the Soviet Union and CCP to point their state capitalism as the only alternative to (neo)liberal capitalism.
Probably US-Americans confusing anything that’s not predatory capitalism with Russia and China.
Confusing or deliberately conflating, depending on whether they’re the fraudster or the mark.
And unfortunately this conflation was also exploited by the Soviet Union and CCP to point their state capitalism as the only alternative to (neo)liberal capitalism.