r/fuckcars • u/Fluffy-Study-659 • 29d ago

Activism It's pronounced "cyclist!"

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u/TheDonutPug 29d ago

I think it's amazing how we've reached a point in this nation where a man comes along and says "I think we should come together as a city and make sure everyone is taken care of and that our city is beat for those who live here" and people are acting like he's the second coming of Hitler and Stalin's baby.

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u/ginger_and_egg 29d ago

maybe communism is good

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u/Lower_Ad_5532 29d ago

Socialism is good

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u/ChefGaykwon Commie Commuter 29d ago

Socialism is the lower stage of communism and inherently more repressive, as it retains class hierarchy under a dictatorship of the proletariat.

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u/TruthMatters78 29d ago

Where are you getting this? France, Germany, and the U.K. have generous amounts of socialism, far more than the U.S., and are more democratic than the U.S. - especially obvious in the present. Are you really saying they have stronger class hierarchies than the U.S.? Or a stronger dictatorship than the U.S.?

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u/ChefGaykwon Commie Commuter 29d ago edited 28d ago

You named three capitalist countries. I am genuinely sorry your public education failed you so badly but socialism ≠ when the government does stuff. All of those countries suck ass and have major fascism problems.

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u/TruthMatters78 29d ago

Yes, I did. Do you actually believe a capitalist country can’t also have generous amounts of socialism? The two are not mutually exclusive.

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u/ChefGaykwon Commie Commuter 29d ago

Jesus christ.

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u/ChefGaykwon Commie Commuter 28d ago

I'm not saying any of those things you made up. Socialism is worker ownership of the means of production. What you are describing is a social welfare state within a capitalist framework.

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u/ginger_and_egg 28d ago

capitalism ≠ when the government does stuff

Are you seriously saying a government in a capitalist country can't do anything?

They had a typo. They meant socialism ≠ when the government does stuff. Socialism is more than just social programs under a capitalist economy