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While you were worried about socialism… (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/15051084

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[+] -44 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Socialism doesn't pull folks out of poverty.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    What does then?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    Bootstraps.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (9 children)

    Can't pull yourself up from your bootstraps if you can't afford boots.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Sounds like boots are unnecessary, you just need the straps, maybe we can give minimum wage works a free pair of boot straps whenever the spend $100 or more at a few party approved corporate chains ..

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Giving away boot straps? That sounds like socialism to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    It's more that the punters think we are giving away but actually the cost is worked into price increases on the products they have to buy to get the bootstraps. They don't notice the increases because they get the bootstraps. The cost of producing the bootstraps is so low that technically the stores turn a profit on them.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Well there is the matter of the laws of physics and reality where you literally can’t pull on your own feet to lift yourself up.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Only lifted 850 million people out of poverty in China alone but please stay in your capitalist bubble.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_China

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    What exactly do you think socialism is?

    The Nordic countries has had socialism since at least the second world war and we're doing pretty well here compared to the "worlds best country in the world".

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I thought it was socialized services on capitalist markets?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    At least in Sweden we used to have important societal functions controlled by government but since I was born more and more has been privatized and a lot of it has not been for the better.

    The privatization of public transport and our rail roads being one great example. They used to be in great shape and great pricing. Today that is not the case any more.

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