Post #3568514
2026-07-03 22:15 UTC
Meanwhile in the real world, even libertarian cato institute found that communism and socialism are popular among anybody who’s not a fossil cato.org/…/new-poll-nearly-half-americans-dont-kn…
Not only that, but the numbers are rising since their poll last year cato.org/…/young-americans-socialism-too-much-tha…
So, it’s pretty clear that there is no optics problem in practice. The reality is that liberals are just opposed to socialism because they represent the left wing of fascism.
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@Skyrmir@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 23:06
Meanwhile in the real world, even libertarian cato institute found that communism and socialism are popular among anybody who’s not a fossil who never shows up to vote.
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@JillyB@beehaw.org 2026-07-04 23:44
The optics isn’t for people who are already saying they like socialism. It’s for the people who recognize the Democrats aren’t meeting the moment but still think socialism is when taxes.