Honestly for the American left to gain power we'd probably just need to avoid the words "socialism" and "communism." Sad but true. The guy that jokingly said call our position freedomism was onto something. The Cold War propaganda brainworms are too strong.
Communism's problem isn't marketing. You can't fake class consciousness with the right branding. If over a century of propaganda has inhibited peoples' ability to think critically and receive new information, intentionally lying about what you believe won't reverse that effect.
Honestly for the American left to gain power we'd probably just need to avoid the words "socialism" and "communism." Sad but true. The guy that jokingly said call our position freedomism was onto something. The Cold War propaganda brainworms are too strong.
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Hell we see today that even vaguely leftist Dems get called Communist, so there isn't much avoiding it
tfw biden is vaguely leftist
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Communism's problem isn't marketing. You can't fake class consciousness with the right branding. If over a century of propaganda has inhibited peoples' ability to think critically and receive new information, intentionally lying about what you believe won't reverse that effect.
Eh you're probably right and maybe it's just hopium that some small change will convert a bunch of stubborn assholes to left populism.
Whatever new word would instantly get decried as communist. Look at how these people talk about generic centrist Democrats.
Time to bring back "Utilitarian Humanism"