• StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    A: Learning about socialism is not radicalizing.

    B: Americans have been propagandized to death, poisioning their minds to believe socialism is abject poverty for everyone but the poor lazy useless eaters. They are on average just stupid enough to beleive it without question.

  • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    Most citizens of the US are not educated enough to understand what socialism is. They believe in capitalism.

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        1 hour ago

        That’s a great start, and I wouldn’t have seen it happen anywhere else in the US. But socialism is week because it doesn’t have the resources like what capitalism has exploited and has turned into fascism, scaring everyone that socialism is bad for their way of life, which if you ask any citizen would tell you that it stinks. I’m still skeptical of Mamdani, because everyone is susceptible to corruption and/or intimidation.

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        Give it a catchy new name. Never mention the words socialism, communism, or capitalism. Just say what the movement stands for and see if people agree once the bias is removed.

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          I’ve read something of that sort happening, and people love the ideas but once they put 2+2 together they retract and start to hiss at it because the media/leader taught them to react that way to any ideology that is a threat to them.

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            Nah, they’ll see right through that, maybe something more cynical like “Other people won’t get less screwed than you.”