It works rhetorically but...
That’s the one part of Bernie’s schtick that annoys me, because it validates the simplistic and wrong notion that socialism is when the government gives you money.
It works rhetorically but...
That’s the one part of Bernie’s schtick that annoys me, because it validates the simplistic and wrong notion that socialism is when the government gives you money.
I'm very afraid of that actually. But when i try to teach kids or convince an adult of a new idea, it always worked best when i paraphrased it in a way they relate to OR subverted a strong belief of theirs to support it. Like with religion, the "Jesus was a socialist" angle.
I don't see a good alternative to this tactic despite the risk. After all a person newly interested in socialism will find tons of theory books online written by actual revolutionary socialists, so the true meaning won't disappear.