| Chrkeller said:
The party has been hijacked, millions of us are aware and bothered by it. Thus it isn't correct to group us. The Nazi party were socialists. that doesn't mean socialists are Nazis. |
North Korea's full name is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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I see the-pi-guy beat me to it.
I imagine you don't think North Korea is particularly democtratic.
So I'd like to hear how the Nazi party were socialist in anything but name.
I've only ever seen this misconception being expressed by right leaning forum members.
You can describe nordic countries like Sweden and Norway as social democracies. But they are very much capitalist countries. The main difference is that their social safetynet is much broader than it is in the US. More of the tax money goes back to the people in the form of meaningful programs like universal healthcare, or tuition free college. And less goes towards bombs.
Those are things that people like Bernie Sanders strive for. But the term socialism is conflated with communism by the right in the US, and it gets a negative connotation.
Many even think that Biden is a socilist. Or that if the country gets one more socialist program (Universal Healthcare), it will transform the country into a communist or socialist country. Never mind the many other such programs paid for by taxes, like roads, schools, fire department, law enforcement, etc.
But if USA just get one more... that will transform it into Venezuela.
The same kind of people who point out that the "Republican party freed the slaves, and the Democratic party were the racist ones", but then don't stop to consider why its Republicans of today that support the confederacy.
Last edited by Hiku - on 26 July 2024
