Why there is so much communist propaganda on lemmy? (feddit.uk)

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Even from people that never lived in a communist state

edit: im 17 and i hate communism

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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I don't get why you're being downvoted. There's a great comment by Cowbee (I think) that explains why this is a thing.

There are people who are explicitly self-proclaimed Communists on Lemmy.

This isn't some "Healthcare is communism!!!1" thing.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

It's probably the idea that Communists take offense to being called Socialist. The opposite is true, as Communism is a maximally Socialist position.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -2 points 7 months ago

If you are going by theory, sure. But if the word socialism gets used in conversation today, it will probably get interpreted as something like the Nordic model.

[-] diplodocus 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's what happens when the communists are purged and billions of propaganda dollars are spent over generations to erase their memory: you end up with Newspeak, where people don’t know their asses from their elbows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare

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