• Triasha@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I mean, capitalist do the same thing with socialism every day. It takes a lot of propaganda to get people to believe that caring for your neighbors = bad.

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      1 day ago

      As someone who supports socialist movements I 100% agree. But I really think the big problem in the world right now is the misunderstanding of capital basically. People think capital or money or anything that involves government is capitalism? Or something? I don’t really understand.

      But just because people we might call capitalists pearl clutch about socialism doesn’t give someone the space to do the same back, or really just lie/be ignorant. We can definitely discuss the flaws of economic systems or the system we live under and some solutions. But stamping “CAPITALISM BAD” or “SOCIALISM BAD” literally gets us nowhere.

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        1 day ago

        Hard dissagree, the average American reads at a 5th grade level.

        If you want to have a higher level coveraation, sure, but for general messaging: CAPITALISM BAD is the only thing that will get through.