• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      Those are powerful words historically misused in America. Isn’t that a risky name to go with?

      • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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        10 days ago

        Not at all. By wiping away the piles of slander and lies proudly, Socialists can better connect with historical socialists and communists.

        • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          Um, sorry, given how much terms have been perverted here, you might as well call them the Party For Pedophilia and Terrorism as far as trying to sell this to average Americans.

          I mean, people still cannot even understand inflation. Imagine more than a century of propaganda and trying to overcome that.

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            9 days ago

            You envision the average American as an amalgamation of the various strains of thought in America averaged into one, but that’s not the case. People vary wildly in reception to Socialism, and being forthright and honest is important. They have been steadily growing, more rapidly than ever.

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          9 days ago

          No, the historical socialists are dead and buried. You need to engage with the workers where they’re at, and where they’re at is “brainwashed by tears of anti communist propaganda to the point of pavlovian triggers”. Imo the least you can do is not use those specific words front and center.

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            9 days ago

            And I am telling you that this is becoming more and more a distant past. No, your average worker isn’t going to like the sound of communism, but over time approval for it has shifted dramatically.