compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netimagemessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up11.44Kcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.worldanticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.com
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minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days ago which when combined with democratic structures leads to no abilities for individual actors to take advantage of the system itself. You know people keep saying that, and each time, surprise, there’s a despot at the end. Sorry man, we’re just on different pages here.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoNot to imply that China or any other AES is a utopia—none of us mean to—but I think your understanding of these states is more heavily tinted by the relentless deluge of imperial core propaganda than you realize.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoGuess we are, considering I don’t think “each time there’s another despot.”
You know people keep saying that, and each time, surprise, there’s a despot at the end. Sorry man, we’re just on different pages here.
Not to imply that China or any other AES is a utopia—none of us mean to—but I think your understanding of these states is more heavily tinted by the relentless deluge of imperial core propaganda than you realize.
Guess we are, considering I don’t think “each time there’s another despot.”