• RedQuestionAsker2 [he/him, she/her]
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      2 years ago

      These people will use the word communist to describe anything they don't like, but they're scared to use it when it accurately describes a political ideology.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      No sweaty, being left means that you want capitalism with a strong social safety net, like giving the deserving poor means-tested tax credits for gruel.

    • MC_Kublai [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      It's like when libs are too milquetoast to even attribute some problem to capitalism so they have to resort to constantly criticizing "consumerism". They'll use it synonymously seemingly without realizing that the problem of consumerism is merely one part of capitalism, not the root of the problem