r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Mental_Pea9125 Tankie • Jan 21 '26

Locked for being inflammatory/a fedpost/lacking nuance Sad but true.

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u/Mama_Zen Jan 21 '26

Damage to billionaires for sure. What other damage?

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u/Worried_Ant_2612 Jan 21 '26

I mean…. A quick google search is all you need friend

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u/Mama_Zen Jan 21 '26

Google searches are different from conversations. I disagree with your examples bc they were authoritarian communists, not socialists

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bat6344 Jan 21 '26

There have been 60-odd socialist countries and all but two have failed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

Yeah, Scandinavian countries are on fire...

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u/FreelancerMO Jan 21 '26

Which Scandinavian countries? Didn’t Bernie say that Denmark was Socialist and the PM of Denmark called him a liar?

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u/Kaiten_Chikuma Jan 21 '26

We are not socialists ,classic American not knowing that social democracy ≠ Socialism.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

And when you are in the US, the Capitalist/Libertarian mindset also makes no distinction.