A lot of Americans sadly think that rich = communist, or pretty much anything bad = communist. If you browse places (don't for the sake of your mental health) like that patriots site, various conspiracy places like glp, etc they are always going on about the communists. They know inherently not to trust their government, yet when it comes to communism and racial dog whistles they have full faith, its really an interesting break in logic but a rather exploitable one. A really good trojan into the mind of the chuds is Russia and anti-imperialism if you do ever encounter them in the wild and its safe to banter.
Online you're not deprogramming anyone, but irl its fun to shock them into seeing they 80% agree with the evil bad communists. Never gets old irl, managed to get a few reading.
A lot of Americans sadly think that rich = communist, or pretty much anything bad = communist.
"Socialism for the Rich" was intended to highlight how socialism is beneficial to the participants and a strategy adopted to "win" the economic game.
Instead, it looks like "Socialism is how rich people hurt me! I demand more capitalism!" is the view that's managed to emerge.
They know inherently not to trust their government, yet when it comes to communism and racial dog whistles they have full faith, its really an interesting break in logic but a rather exploitable one.
It's not really about trusting/distrusting the government. It's about trusting folks on your team and distrusting folks on The Other Team.
Capitalist media has successfully Other'd "Socialism" on both sides of the fence. That's made it more easy to vilify and more difficult to promote.
A lot of Americans sadly think that rich = communist, or pretty much anything bad = communist. If you browse places (don't for the sake of your mental health) like that patriots site, various conspiracy places like glp, etc they are always going on about the communists. They know inherently not to trust their government, yet when it comes to communism and racial dog whistles they have full faith, its really an interesting break in logic but a rather exploitable one. A really good trojan into the mind of the chuds is Russia and anti-imperialism if you do ever encounter them in the wild and its safe to banter.
Online you're not deprogramming anyone, but irl its fun to shock them into seeing they 80% agree with the evil bad communists. Never gets old irl, managed to get a few reading.
ask a capitalist what they hate about communism and they'll describe capitalism and so on.
You ask a random American what communism is, 70% chance they're gonna tell you it's when you have a dictator.
"Socialism for the Rich" was intended to highlight how socialism is beneficial to the participants and a strategy adopted to "win" the economic game.
Instead, it looks like "Socialism is how rich people hurt me! I demand more capitalism!" is the view that's managed to emerge.
It's not really about trusting/distrusting the government. It's about trusting folks on your team and distrusting folks on The Other Team.
Capitalist media has successfully Other'd "Socialism" on both sides of the fence. That's made it more easy to vilify and more difficult to promote.