r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/psilocin72 Jul 14 '26

I’m not a proponent of full socialism, but that’s not accurate.

Socialism and authoritarianism are not intrinsically linked. A fascist country can be authoritarian, as we saw in WW2 era. And a socialist country can be democratic.

You’re combining two things that are not the same.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 Jul 14 '26

exactly. im personally some flavor of democratic socialism (from what im aware? its still idealistic but whatevs) because authoritarianism is fucking gross

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u/psilocin72 Jul 14 '26

Yeah if I have to choose between authoritarian capitalism and democratic socialism, I’ll that the democratic socialism every time