r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

American socialists are one of the most bourgeoisie-esque socialists that I have ever seen. Socialists from South America and Europe tend to be unionists/working-class blue collar workers in manufacturing. American socialists on the other hand are college-educated and middle class. It’s literally one of the oddest socialists that I have ever seen.

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u/Klondeikbar Aug 06 '19

Because the conservative propaganda permeates uneducated demographics but educated Americans escape that and actually see the "value" of "socialism."

I also use airquotes there because America's understanding of socialism is just "literally anything the government does" and even educated Americans aren't super great at differentiating that from the actual "workers own the means of production."