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scdp · 2021-03-16 16:06:17+00:00

Yes, much like how MLK's popularity made this country socialist. This whole thread reeks of "unwise and untimely".

knightofmars | karma 695 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2024-01-04 19:53:05

A significant number, yes. Because "socialism".

chopsueyar | karma 1880 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2010-11-05 12:14:08+00:00

Is this socialist?

flyinRyan | karma 1240 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2012-11-23 10:23:57

>America has shifted far more Socialist (with predictable results).

Good lord, wtf are you talking about? Please keep your glaring demonstrations of ignorance in politics off this site. There are plenty of other sites for that.

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seneca | karma 2926 | avg karma 3.73 · | 2021-05-20 03:24:02+00:00

It rose along with the recent rise in popularity of socialism.

rmc | karma 15660 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2014-05-11 17:17:16+00:00

Socialism?

mimo777 | karma 68 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2016-06-05 17:50:35+00:00

Socialism?

antepodius | karma 488 | avg karma 1.14 · | 2019-07-26 14:57:21+00:00

Socialism?

kevviiinn | karma 605 | avg karma 0.77 · | 2023-05-11 14:11:52

Socialism?

vvpan | karma 1695 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2015-03-14 06:47:21+00:00

You say "socialism" like it's a bad thing.

known | karma 12202 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2010-09-20 13:30:35+00:00

People loathe it as Socialism.

Biologist123 | karma 1419 | avg karma 6.39 · | 2022-08-29 11:59:44

I wonder if there’s anything else that started happening in the late oughts that might explain the trend (to socialism) the author claims to see.

mustafa_pasi | karma 1117 | avg karma 4.56 · | 2023-08-14 20:07:35

Socialist?

eip | karma 218 | avg karma 0.33 · | 2018-09-19 04:57:09

It's going to be pretty hilarious if the most successful example of socialist principles is ruined by socialists.

kome | karma 4145 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2018-05-10 12:55:41

Socialism?!?

RubenSandwich | karma 1616 | avg karma 5.92 · | 2017-12-03 14:54:42+00:00

The amount of comments on this thread decrying 'socialism' with very pithy comments is concerning. I guess the whole internet is infected with trolls now, especially political ones...

Cupertino95014 | karma 881 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2022-07-12 13:19:57

> everyone is taught to hate anything that even resembles socialism

And yet polls show that the younger population has a largely positive opinion of socialism, or at least, much more positive than it used to be. So is this "teaching" ineffective, or what?

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erikb | karma 4464 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2018-09-01 04:41:09+00:00

Not from my side. That you associate "socialist" with "negative" might be already the result of propaganda, though.

js8 | karma 7245 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2020-10-17 09:07:46

Yeah but this guy was a socialist! /s

This randomly came to my YT queue one day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1kuYPt51g

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yodsanklai | karma 7427 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2016-09-14 14:10:35+00:00

It's amusing or distressing to see that "socialist" has became such a bad word in the US. Basically, if you're for things such as public education or healthcare, you're also suspected of being some kind of Stalin supporter. Successful propaganda.