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ELI5 What is the hate against socialism? I mean doesn't it mean a system where the people take care of themselves and neighbors? (lemmy.world)

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[–] wischi@programming.dev 71 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Probably US-Americans confusing anything that's not predatory capitalism with Russia and China.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Confusing or deliberately conflating, depending on whether they're the fraudster or the mark.

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[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 2 points 11 months ago

And unfortunately this conflation was also exploited by the Soviet Union and CCP to point their state capitalism as the only alternative to (neo)liberal capitalism.

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