"But he is left-leaning and the lesser of the two evils!1!!1!1!!" - eviltoast

Maybe the purpose of a system is what it does…
Maybe trying to lower the rate/efficiency of the baby-killing machine is the wrong approach…
Maybe you should be thinking about destroying it…

  • алсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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    9 days ago

    It is semantics, I agree. But tainted semantics and objectively wrong.

    You could instead say “communist-led country”, “socialist country”.

    The mainstream usage doesn’t understand the nuance you mentioned btw

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      9 days ago

      Most people don’t have much insight into politics in general, but for a specifically leftist sub the use of such term would seem fine imo since you could expect people to understand the difference. But a better, more precise term would be better.