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Why are people critical of democratic socialism? (lemmy.ml)
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I am trying to understand as much as possible about socialism as well as other leftist ideologies, and looking around i’ve seen many being critical about democratic socialism, but i honestly struggle to understand why that is such a bad idea as some say. I get that it’s incompatible with ML, but it doesn’t sound so unrealistic and unreasonable to me, so… can you explain? Excuse the ignorance, but as i said socialism is a new topic for me, i mean no offense to anybody

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[–] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They are socialists. They may not be effective, they may not hold the values you like, but they are socialists. I dont like the fact that current socialist Burkina Faso just illegalized my people, but they are socialists. Us does not mean carbon copy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

    ...... they arent socialist enough . you just said that they aremt socialist enough yourself!

    Whats the point of being part of a big group of people if most of them are ineffective at achieving the group's goals? Nothing is substantial unless it can substatiate notable changes. Even 9 billiin DemSocs are less substantial, less worthy of our time than EVEN 1 real commie or anarchist.

    Would anyone here trade 9 billion DemSocs for 1 Vladimir Lenin? (And you all better answer that question correctly...)

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