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[-] kvasir476@lemmy.world 163 points 3 months ago

Me looking for Kamala Harris's "radical Marxist policies"

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 28 points 3 months ago

I've got a set of microscopes I could lend you.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

You're going to need an overactive imagination too. Possibly a collection of cognitive impairments.

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God I wish Harris was a radical Marxist

[-] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 86 points 3 months ago

Democrats: "let's pass some reasonable reforms to temper the ill effects of deregulated capitalism"

Republicans: "that's socialism and you're a Marxist!"

Youth: "we want reform so I guess we like socialism!"

Republicans: "the radical left is indoctrinating our kids!"

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Followed by :

Democrats: "Fine we'll do whatever you want! Just don't call us commies!"

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[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago

I promise you, the Republican party doesn't care who they offend as long as it's an out-group.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 59 points 3 months ago

Genuinely, watching Harris be referred to as a radical communist hurts me

Radical Marxist communist fascist or something wasn't it. Lol

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Radical:❔ maybe, if she can skateboard

Marxist: ❌ lol

Communist: ❌

Fascist: ✅ could be worse though

(I'm voting for Kamala, don't be grumpy)

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure how many of the youngins remember that use of the word 'radical'.

[-] EldritchFeminity 16 points 3 months ago

Only those who are totally tubular.

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[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

I was just impressed trump graduated from communist to Marxist. Getting more specific and less accurate!

[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I swear the republicans are running pr for democrats. Harris went from “communist” to Marxist, and not even attached to Lenin!

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[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago

I’m more of a practical American socialist than a radical communist (since that’s unlikely to happen here) but it offends me because republicans are just so ignorant. The average Republican essentially has no idea what socialism, communism or fascism actually are, and conservatives have been using this as a scary label for my entire life.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago

I’m more of a practical American socialist than a radical communist (since that’s unlikely to happen here)

Why do you say this? What's a "practical American Socialist?"

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago
  • practical: I don't have any delusions that the US will implement leftism more extreme than EU style socialist policies any time soon
  • American: I'm from the US
  • socialist: I feel the government should be involved more in regulating industries, owning certain categories of services, moderating excess wealth, and ensuring the financial/economic well-being of citizens, as opposed to the conservative style which is basically 'well, if you're poor then fuck off'.
[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago
  • practical: I don't have any delusions that the US will implement leftism more extreme than EU style socialist policies any time soon

The EU doesn't have socialist policies, you're referring to social safety nets.

  • socialist: I feel the government should be involved more in regulating industries, owning certain categories of services, moderating excess wealth, and ensuring the financial/economic well-being of citizens, as opposed to the conservative style which is basically 'well, if you're poor then fuck off'.

So you're talking Social Democracy, like the Nordics, not Socialism.

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[-] kittenzrulz123 44 points 3 months ago

Im not offended as much as I am disappointed in the Democrat party, why aren't they as cool as the Republican say they are. Whenever Trump calls them "far left communists" I think "damn I wish", instead they're boring center right liberals. Also I was promised by Trump that the Democrats would end capitalism, kill capitalists, instiute a worker owned economy, open the borders to immigration, enforce Trans rights, promote actual diversity, and unify the left under the red banner.

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[-] Juice@midwest.social 42 points 3 months ago

Democrats should ask themselves why Republicans are more worried about imaginary communists than actual Democrats

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[-] gandalf_der_12te 34 points 3 months ago

Both sides are wrong, just that Democrats are center-wrong, while Republicans are far-wrong.

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[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

Or… just start pushing actual socialist policy; since everything gets called socialism anyway, we may as well enjoy it.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 months ago

Why would they? The Democrats are one wing of a state dominated by monopolist Capitalists, they serve the monopolist Capitalists.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 months ago

Can confirm. Every time the reps call Kamala a "comrade" or "Communist" I die a little bit inside.

[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

They're using a word their base is afraid of to paint their enemies in a negative light.

Their words aren't for any of us.

They'll change to using anarchist satanists or whatever once their base has reached somatic satiation and "communist" no longer generates enough of the right dopamine hit.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

Oh I'm aware, believe me. The world would be a much better place if Kamala was actually a Communist is what I'm saying.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

If Kamala had tried to do anything vaguely socialist while AG or Senator, they'd have gakked her like they did Harvey Milk.

Silicon Valley leadership wants to turn California into a fully techno-fascist dystopia. Nobody who has climbed the ladder as Dem, Repub, or Indie politician has lasted long against that effort. Harris isn't an exception. She's the kind of politician a state produces when anyone more liberal than Gruesome Newsome is systematically excluded from the party.

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[-] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Is it forbidden in English to use commas?

[-] amw3i7dwgoblinlabs@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Too close to the word commi

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Commas are somewhat discouraged... or at least discretion with commas is encouraged. We have a rule about commas. "If in doubt, don't."

We should only use commas for certain prescribed circumstances or if the comma is necessary for clarity.

That said I will defend the Oxford comma to my last breath.

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[-] BlackDragon@slrpnk.net 20 points 3 months ago

As a communist... Yeah

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 months ago

As i always say its not the communists its the tankies. Communists want a different economic system but still agree on the equality of people and they can either want an autocratic or democratic system(from what i see simple communists usually want democracy). Then theres the tankies. They support full autocratic governments that are usually not even communitst like china and want a violent revolution. Often times they are even transphobic. Its the one group of people that annoys me more than nazis because they are basically nazis but on my side of the political compass. Also im socdem and have to explain to everyone that no that is not communism but tbf most people dont like communism because they teach its bad and not because they got to the conclusion with their own knowledge.

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[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

And it doesn't make communism sound scary at all, but rather mysterious, alluring, and worth checking out.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I promise the republican party doesn't care and just says whatever is most offensive in their eyes.

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[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

Fucking commies, taking our tea and throwing it overboard just because they didn't want to pay taxes. We should send an armada to put them all in jail.

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[-] CazzoneArrapante@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

Capitalism (or at least the current form of it) and right-wing parties should be illegalized worldwide.

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