> "If you don't like communism" This is kinda straw-man-ish, bc there isn't a significant proportion of people calling for communism. (Ok, maybe they seem prominent in *your* TL, but you wouldn't see it in a survey that's careful in how it asks people about policy preferences.)
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People who push left want capitalism *reigned in*, specifically in limited areas where government-controlled systems are known to be more helpful for most people (e.g. healthcare). No one is seriously calling for capitalism to be *abolished* (not in significant numbers).
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And even in the case of healthcare, lefties don't want *all* capitalism abolished. Like, when we have m4a, there will still be plenty of opportunities for capitalism to thrive in the healthcare sector! ...
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...it's just that capitalism will not have any say in the question of *whether* anyone has healthcare. That's not communism; it's reasonably-regulated capitalism.
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Replying to @JamesWidman @Jonathan_Blow
I feel like I'm witnessing one side of a conversation I don't remember having. It's a super weird feeling
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Replying to @webdevMason @Jonathan_Blow
i thought it was equally weird that anyone would mention communism as if it's something to be concerned about
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Replying to @JamesWidman @Jonathan_Blow
I have people who advocate for communism and/or socialism in my family, who are members of an actual socialist party, which presumably we both know exists because one of them is running for president. I'd go on, but you're not going to be persuaded if you can't use your own eyes.
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Replying to @webdevMason @Jonathan_Blow
Please see my first tweet above. I trust that what you have personally directly observed is (1) real and (2) an outlier. Good data would do a lot to help our perspectives.
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Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @JamesWidman
We have a DSA candidate polling consistently in the 2nd/3rd position in a crowded primary field, running on a platform centered on functionally capping individual wealth. I don't know what these folks expect a cultural shift toward communism/socialism to look like, if not this
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