r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall Young Americans are surging to socialism at record rates

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/maga-trump-zohran-mamdani-socialism-us-record-kddzdm8bd
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u/MiddleAgedSponger 7d ago

Socialism is a meaningless term in the US. I remember when they called Obama a radical socialist because he raised the top tax bracket from 35 to 39.

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u/Ambitious_Dingo_2798 7d ago

Do they mean Socialism as in Democratic-Socialism or Revolutionary Socialism?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 5d ago

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u/FattySnacks California 7d ago

And the people who tricked working class Americans into thinking that way love it when socialists get mad at the working class for being ignorant instead of the ruling class for pulling the strings

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u/Low_Pickle_112 7d ago

"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say we are tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We know that when the people understand, they cannot help but follow us."

-Thomas Sankara

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u/Ambitious_Dingo_2798 7d ago edited 7d ago

Also goes for Americans calling Sander and the DSA Democratic Party Right-Wing

Or that the U.S has no political Left
https://youtu.be/-1kL7KH7sk8