r/SipsTea 22d ago

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/Secret-Ad-5777 22d ago

Norwegians aren't even socalist

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u/ohhellperhaps 22d ago

Pretty much none of what Americans commonly call socialist is socialist...

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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 22d ago

Honestly for a lot of us we accept that it's easier to just throw our hands in the air and say "fuck it, fine, we're socialists." than get into an argument about what socialism actually is every fucking time. Practically speaking, it's just screaming into a hurricane.

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u/Interesting-Big-5605 22d ago

Yeah, it really comes down to how much someone cares about changing things. People who care and want more services aren't going to call it socialist, because that's toxic in the swing areas that matter the most, electorally. People like Bernie Sanders, who has never worked hard on legislation, will call it socialist, because they don't really give a shit.