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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Americans education system has failed them.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends. Americans are not taught what actual socialism is, by design.

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Socialism is when a group of hypocrites at the top pretend they're bound by the same rules as everyone else, hide behind the bureaucracy they created, squeeze as much as possible out of the working class, and horde the wealth while everyone else struggles to get by, right?

Oh wait no, that's capitalism...

[–] awnery@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] awnery@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

please stop forcing sugar and fat on our children

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

OK, but the important thing is that our schools make more profit than anywhere else on earth!

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

China is a state controlled ultracapitalist authoritarian nation. It is the wet dream of every American megacorp, in which the State and Corporation is one and the same. It is everything but socialist.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

More like the nightmare of every American megacorp.

[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This survey was conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 1,347 U.S. adult citizens interviewed online between December 3 – 4, 2019.

The actual graph is more nuanced.

Which countries do Americans think are socialist?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thanks, it terrified me even more.

[–] MrZee@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No kidding. That is wild. It’s all scary, but one really stood out to me: there is a question on whether respondents thought that healthcare provided by the government and paid for by the government is (a) socialist, (b)not socialist, or (c) I don’t know. The percentage of respondents that said “not socialist” and “I don’t know” is baffling. Although, I guess I can take some solace in a large number of people being self aware enough to pick “I don’t know.”

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah. If you actually know the definition of socialism, most of the questions don’t make sense.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I fucking wish...

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cuba is basically a tiny speck that remained from the past. Even I got surprised when I found out that the Cold War is still technically active thanks to cuba

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] awnery@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

cuba apparently is a decaying political football. nevermind this trash could have been over with ages ago.

cuba libre

[–] awnery@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that contains misrepresentations and lies

[–] awnery@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] awnery@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

look that i never said that and this is a scam

[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

I can’t since I found out we’re in a Cold War with Cuba.

[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Whoo! Another win over Denmark!

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

ill take sweden and below living