what do you think when someone claims to be a "democratic socialist"?
what do you think when someone claims to be a "democratic socialist"?
"Someone give this person The State and Revolution for a gift please"
"I'm a leftist in theory, but I buy the right wing anticommunist myths surrounding every socialist project ever to exist, and I believe that the best form of democracy so far that existed is the US model"
Gods I was cringe back then
Weren't we all, my mate, weren't we all
If they’re American I just assume they mean they vote for democrats but in a way that they think somehow makes them look cooler, like with a Bernie birdie pin or something. I think that’s about as deep as their political tendencies run.
The "im as left as you can get" social democrat types?
Yeah i was at that point during the obama years
I was a shitlib bernie bro and if I could go back in time I would beat mysef with a metal pipe
Social Imperialists who wanna slacken the yoke on workers in the Imperial core but are in lock step with the Empire abroad. The left wing of fascism.
Ordinary people who support and vote for these people just need to be pushed left and grow out of it. The 'intellectuals' are just doing the work of the state department.
Social Imperialists who wanna slacken the yoke on workers in the Imperial core but are in lock step with the Empire abroad. The left wing of fascism.
The last person I met who called himself a democratic socialist was a soldier in Iraq and had also occupied Hawai'i and south Korea.
Someone close to class consciousness or a lib with slightly better morals
Well-meaning liberal who doesn't actually know what socialism means, but is likely steadily being radicalized.
In latin america that usually just means a more left-wing socdem with a bit more radical ideas like Evo Morales and Rafael Correa. The only openly democratic socialist state that I know is Honduras, they have been removing all neoliberal reforms from their country and pushing into their own version Democratic Socialism.
"Probably a socdem lib"
Either a social democrat or someone who's very new to socialist politics.
Liberal who has read nothing whatsoever regarding international relations. Second thought: ask some probing questions to see if somebody is hiding their power level. Thought after hearing their response: why did I even try to be charitable.
They probably don't know what it means and are a succdem. If it wasn't already a useless term, Americans really put the nail in its coffin.
Rosa-killer in denial.
(they have no idea who Rosa is)
"Aw fuck, I'm gonna have to argue with them about voting for the lesser of two evils."
"Would you like to join my reading group?"
(The reading group is 80% commies)
A lib that might be able to be pushed left.
If they are American that they’re probably a succdem that uses an excel spreadsheet to manage their polycule/tabletop gaming group.
They vote on what social activity or outing they'll be partaking in. Duh
I ask them whether they think private property should be abolished and go from there
"I can fix her"
Handsome guy
I want to answer something fair but honestly I think the person would tell me "they're too extreme" if I ask them what they think about the local communist party
Pick me girls
Yeah and i am an ethical landlord
"Soon to be a fascist." If the person is from the anglosphere.
"Have they read what happened to Allende?"
Someone who says they support Palestine but also condemns Hamas for attacking their colonizers.
Your "siamese dream" was a masterpiece post was cringe as hell
I thought there were two kinds - the more European kind that's capitalism with compromises, and the kind like what Allende was doing in Chile, where more decision making is more democratic and at a lower level than the central government.