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[–] kvasir476 167 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Me looking for Kamala Harris's "radical Marxist policies"

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've got a set of microscopes I could lend you.

[–] Viking_Hippie 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're going to need an overactive imagination too. Possibly a collection of cognitive impairments.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 month ago

God I wish Harris was a radical Marxist

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Democrats: "let's pass some reasonable reforms to temper the ill effects of deregulated capitalism"

Republicans: "that's socialism and you're a Marxist!"

Youth: "we want reform so I guess we like socialism!"

Republicans: "the radical left is indoctrinating our kids!"

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[–] xantoxis 65 points 1 month ago

I promise you, the Republican party doesn't care who they offend as long as it's an out-group.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Genuinely, watching Harris be referred to as a radical communist hurts me

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Radical Marxist communist fascist or something wasn't it. Lol

[–] thesporkeffect 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Radical:❔ maybe, if she can skateboard

Marxist: ❌ lol

Communist: ❌

Fascist: ✅ could be worse though

(I'm voting for Kamala, don't be grumpy)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how many of the youngins remember that use of the word 'radical'.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Only those who are totally tubular.

[–] Viking_Hippie 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] asteriskeverything 51 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I was just impressed trump graduated from communist to Marxist. Getting more specific and less accurate!

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[–] zeppo 47 points 1 month ago (18 children)

I’m more of a practical American socialist than a radical communist (since that’s unlikely to happen here) but it offends me because republicans are just so ignorant. The average Republican essentially has no idea what socialism, communism or fascism actually are, and conservatives have been using this as a scary label for my entire life.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (47 children)

Im not offended as much as I am disappointed in the Democrat party, why aren't they as cool as the Republican say they are. Whenever Trump calls them "far left communists" I think "damn I wish", instead they're boring center right liberals. Also I was promised by Trump that the Democrats would end capitalism, kill capitalists, instiute a worker owned economy, open the borders to immigration, enforce Trans rights, promote actual diversity, and unify the left under the red banner.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Democrats should ask themselves why Republicans are more worried about imaginary communists than actual Democrats

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[–] frog_brawler 34 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Or… just start pushing actual socialist policy; since everything gets called socialism anyway, we may as well enjoy it.

[–] SirDerpy 18 points 1 month ago

Corporate donors disapprove.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Why would they? The Democrats are one wing of a state dominated by monopolist Capitalists, they serve the monopolist Capitalists.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Both sides are wrong, just that Democrats are center-wrong, while Republicans are far-wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Can confirm. Every time the reps call Kamala a "comrade" or "Communist" I die a little bit inside.

[–] xenoclast 26 points 1 month ago (7 children)

They're using a word their base is afraid of to paint their enemies in a negative light.

Their words aren't for any of us.

They'll change to using anarchist satanists or whatever once their base has reached somatic satiation and "communist" no longer generates enough of the right dopamine hit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I'm aware, believe me. The world would be a much better place if Kamala was actually a Communist is what I'm saying.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Kamala had tried to do anything vaguely socialist while AG or Senator, they'd have gakked her like they did Harvey Milk.

Silicon Valley leadership wants to turn California into a fully techno-fascist dystopia. Nobody who has climbed the ladder as Dem, Repub, or Indie politician has lasted long against that effort. Harris isn't an exception. She's the kind of politician a state produces when anyone more liberal than Gruesome Newsome is systematically excluded from the party.

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[–] xenoclast 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or they'll get lucky and a new term like Trans or BLM will come along.

Hate is hate. People that hate will hate. Societies that don't respond quickly and firmly to reduce hate will grow more hate. Etc .

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Ideas come from material conditions, hatred of trans people, black people, etc. is a result of rising fascism due to decay in Capitalism and proletarianization of the Petite Bourgeoisie.

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[–] repungnant_canary 25 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Is it forbidden in English to use commas?

[–] amw3i7dwgoblinlabs 16 points 1 month ago

Too close to the word commi

[–] tacosplease 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Commas are somewhat discouraged... or at least discretion with commas is encouraged. We have a rule about commas. "If in doubt, don't."

We should only use commas for certain prescribed circumstances or if the comma is necessary for clarity.

That said I will defend the Oxford comma to my last breath.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

As a communist... Yeah

[–] Angry_Autist 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I promise the republican party doesn't care and just says whatever is most offensive in their eyes.

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[–] Olhonestjim 16 points 1 month ago (18 children)

And it doesn't make communism sound scary at all, but rather mysterious, alluring, and worth checking out.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fucking commies, taking our tea and throwing it overboard just because they didn't want to pay taxes. We should send an armada to put them all in jail.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Capitalism (or at least the current form of it) and right-wing parties should be illegalized worldwide.

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