• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Absolutely. Just don’t use that word. The propaganda is so goddamn ingrained in the American psyche we might as well just call it something else and try to bypass that fight.

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      9 days ago

      Hand companies over to their workers, call it supercapitalism, and Americans will eat that shit up

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      The freedom to eat, the freedom to earn a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s honest work, the freedom to afford a house, the freedom from wall street usury, the freedom patriotically build secure and supportive communities, freedom healthcare, protecting the landscape of the greatest country on earth for all of America’s generations to come, etc.

      Loads of ways to spin free market socialism, take your pick.

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      8 days ago

      It’s just a branding problem that needs a more modern name for today’s modern voter

      Democracy+

      Democracy McDemocracyFace

      Buddy Democracy

      Msilaicos

      Ocialismsay

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      9 days ago

      On the contrary, we should use the words Socialism and Communism loudly and proudly. The less stigamtized these words are the easier the fight for progress.

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      9 days ago

      Seriously, don’t use that word haha. We don’t need another “Red Scare”

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        9 days ago

        The Red Scare never ended, it’s important to directly combat anti-socialist sentiment because you are going to be labeled a Communist even if you call yourself a mild progressive.