here is the synopsis
A former Marine and a public school teacher in two different states find themselves broke and unable to sustain their livelihoods through their jobs. Activated by the energy of the 2016 Sanders presidential campaign and the murmurs of a state-wide teacher strike, both turn to socialism, a once-fringe ideology, to tackle problems larger than themselves.
THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future today.
With inequality growing, a climate catastrophe looming, and right-wing extremism ascending around the world, many Americans are wondering whether capitalism is to blame.
But what is the alternative? Socialism is plagued by conflicting definitions. Is it dictatorship or democracy? Norway or Venezuela? Reform or revolution?
This film explores where American socialism has been, why it was suppressed, and imagines what a renewed American socialism might look like.
hot take
bernie and the squad were a bad thing for the US left
I'm ok with this.
I genuinely do not see a problem. How many of you were once libs that were brought in by the rehabilitation of the word socialism through socdems like Bernie?
Probably a good thing. It's extremely easy to unbrainworm people on "socialism is when the government does stuff" which makes it quick to pull them into real socialism.
Zero, we are all natural communists who are born with the right skull shape to comprehend theory, unlike everyone else :very-smart:
The libs were all purged in the Great Banning of Arr Slash Chapo Trap House
Ironically, the thing that made "socialism" a not-scary for me was when the republicans spent 10 years calling obamacare socialism. I'm like motherfuckers, that was your own counter-offer to an NHS
noooo I was never a lib, I’m immune to propaganda :rage-cry: