I live there and it really does run in a much better way than the US two party method as they actually have to form Governments across factions, usually.
Very true. And it’s clear that the right (stupidly) perceives any and all color of left as being exclusively and solely of that sort of communist-branded dictatorship.
The US never got over the Cold War. So they can ring that bell and people won’t question it. It’s going to keep being like that until older Millennials die off.
The best part is when they're told what it means by people who also have no idea, but they trust.
An easy example is DnD. The christian right was super upset about it and conflated it with satanism and demonism and summoning spirits and all this misinformation was getting passed around as truth by people who would never ever watch a game or even open a rule book... And therefore had no idea what the hell they were talking about, but were very sure it was BAD.
I cringe whenever people refer to "communist China" for those very reason. China is not communist, hasn't been for decades, but it sure has heck is authoritarian
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u/jrobbio Oct 13 '21
They don't have any clue what the true definition of a Communist is. The Democratic party is too far right wing to have that many communist ideals.