Impact of the Democratic primaries: MS Now has been cutting back and forth to this bland-looking chart comparing democratic socialism to communism

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chart comparing democratic socialism to communism
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[+] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Everybody wants to look better than they are:

    Social democrats: Look, we're demsocs!

    Liberal-Conservatives: Look, we're social democrats!

    Fascists: Look, we're liberal-conservatives!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Encyclopedia - Nota bene: 'Econoclard' is an extra-pejorative form of the already pejorative name 'Mazovian Economists', a moderate school of Mazovianism, which advocates a gradual transition to communism through carefully managed economic modernisation rather than violent social revolution.

    Steban, the Student Communist - "They're by far the most bean-centric school of communism."

    Empathy - Ah yes, the much maligned bean counters, ensconced in their think-tanks and highrises, believing they can save the world through a series of incremental, assiduously technocratic reforms...

    You - "What's wrong with making progress through moderate economic reforms?"

    Steban, the Student Communist - "Oh, please. There's nothing 'moderate' about their love for counting beans. If I were a Gottwaldian, I would probably diagnose them with Bohnenfixierung..."

    Steban, the Student Communist - "You see, Econoclards claim to be communists, but in reality they're just liberals with hard-ons for spreadsheets."

    You - "And what about the liberals? Are they liberals, too?"

    Steban, the Student Communist - "Of course not. The only people who actually call themselves liberals are mouth-foaming reactionaries."

    Echo Maker - "Basically indistinguishable from fascists. You'd need an x-ray machine to tell the difference."

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