• Shapillon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    tbh

    • 70yrs of red scare
    • anything left of center (and I’m being generous here) is labelled a communist regardless of actual political affiliation
    • RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      oh yeah, for sure. What’s sort of funny to me is that as I’ve learned more about socialism (and capitalism, by extent), I’ve talked with people about socialist principles and they agree with me up until the point that I use a “trigger word” that makes them think of socialism and then they’re like, “Well wait up now, I’m not talking about full on socialism here.” Yeah, you don’t want “socialism” the word, but you agreed with every talking point that came from it.

      But on the other hand, the self-declared communists I’ve met have always been weird, but they were also the ones who told everyone without being asked lol