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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

That's my point. People overwhelmingly like DSA policies, but are hesitant to say that they would consider voting for a DSA candidate because of their (incorrect) association with socialism.

McCarthyism has done such a good job of muddying the waters in American politics that any policies labeled as "social-anything" are immediately associated with USSR gulag bread lines or Maoist famine.

A not-so-insignificant number of Americans believe the Nazis were the same as the Communists because their party has "socialist" in the name.

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