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Socialism is defined as the working people either directly owning or democratically controlling the economy. I don't see how that is the case in any "socialist" country at the moment (speaking of the nordic ones, Portugal, China etc)
sorry to disillusion you but your system is capitalism with a nice coat of paint over it. It's still based on exploitation, imperialism, neo-colonialism and oil/fossil fuel money
Lmao you are literally the 'but that's not real socialism/communism' meme right now ๐คฃ
Imma bring up an example to maybe explain it easier. North Korea calls itself the "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea". In their official understanding/rhetoric they have a democracy in which the administration acts in the interest of the people instead of a few bureaucratic elites. In reality it's the other way around. Now, if someone said "Look at what democracy does to a country!!11!", would you not object?
God damn that is an excellent, concise refutation of his tired point. Definitely going to borrow that argument in the future
yeah.. the cognitive dissonance hurts