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.

  • 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.