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minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down2·1 day agoIt’s something that really bothers me about communism and socialism being derisive in the US, even in 2024, about 35 years after USSR fell. The alternative to community-centric society is autocracy, typically devolving into monarchism. Death to monarchists!
minus-squarecurrycourier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·14 hours agoI mean “atheism” is still a dirty word in politics, thousands of years after the prejudice against that started. Apples to oranges, sure, but just goes to show how long it takes for public opinion to shift sometimes.
It’s something that really bothers me about communism and socialism being derisive in the US, even in 2024, about 35 years after USSR fell.
The alternative to community-centric society is autocracy, typically devolving into monarchism.
Death to monarchists!
I mean “atheism” is still a dirty word in politics, thousands of years after the prejudice against that started. Apples to oranges, sure, but just goes to show how long it takes for public opinion to shift sometimes.