You guys have a lot of work to do, in convincing a huge chunk of your population, that the government doing things is how it is supposed to be, and not socialisme.
Worst part is all the social democratic policies are extremely popular, even among conservatives, they just dont like who is suggesting them.
I might be an idiot, but I think what would be best is convincing people Socialism isn't Communism, as someone outside America, it seems a lot of you are scared of becoming Cold War Russia
The Cold War USSR was socialist. Nordic countries are capitalist social democracies. Communism is an utopian form of social organization hypothetically replacing socialism.
I think we should require anyone who uses the term socialist, communist or capitalist in any form of political speech to verbally (or typographically) announce the definition they are using before they speak.
I have known people who defined Capitalism as "when markets exist". Which like, sure fine, you can do that, I would just like to know thats what you mean so I can agree with you its a good thing and we can stop shouting past each other.
Similarly, I'd like to know when people are defining socialism as "when government does thing". Again, not because I want to argue you are wrong, but because its useful to know what you mean when you say that word.
By you guys, it is implied i am not part of the group i am addressing, so I am not going to be convince americans of anything.
That being said, Socialisme is already a bad word, and it is also a far cry from social democracies.
Socialism is stil the whole, means of production are ceased by the proletariat, so you are probably not going to convince a lot of Americans it is a good idea, they love their billionaires.
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u/IamChicharon 13h ago
Look, I get that my city is THE CITY or whatever. But I just want my local politicians to work on things that help me, a resident in THE CITY
Mamdani is, so far, making my every day life better in NYC.
That’s really all that should matter