• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I’ve felt that Bernie should be president since 2015, but he never stood a chance in the US. You have a 0% chance of being elected president in this country once the label of “socialist” has been applied to you.

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      14 days ago

      True. People need to learn what socialist actually means. Much of Europe is socialist.

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          14 days ago

          I didn’t say communist, I said socialist. Socialism isn’t a monolith, there are different variants, but in general we have universal healthcare and good public services, support people with a financial safety net for those who need it, high taxes so wealth is shared more equally. I mean all this is relative and could be better but compared to America? Homeless shanty towns & workers living in cars for years? Was it Finland eliminated homlessness? Socialist paradise.