I posted that one comment from another thread on lemmygrad on the reddit thread, an analysis of why China is socialist. I'll put it in the comments.

  • Omniraptor [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    I do disagree. Like, to me the basic philosophy that underpins socialism is that if someone needs help you should do your best to help them.. as opposed to talking about how it's their own responsibility to help themselves

    • jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      How many socialist countries that the Soviet Union once fully supported still exist?People don't cherish what they are given, they only cherish what they gain through struggle.

      • Omniraptor [they/them]
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        7 months ago

        "people don't cherish what they are given" isn't this a classic right wing talking point tho. like, bootstraps ideology

        • jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml
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          7 months ago

          This is reality. The difference between left and right It lies in people's subjective behavior rather than denying objective existence.