I’m with you. Too much baggage with these terms. I’d rather extract the actual policies from them and run with those directly. Call it “supercapitalism” for all I care (although realistically I think “demsoc” would sound like an intuitive next step after “socdem”).
I also agree with the previous person that it’s a time for revolutionary change. It’s clear the current system needs to fundamentally transform to be stable, either by doubling down on capitalism at the expense of democracy, or by doubling down on democracy at the expense of capitalism. It’s clear now that the two cannot coexist.
Hard disagree. We must use the terms “socialism” (and “communism”) openly and directly.
Go for it, dig your heels in.
It’s a needless uphill battle, we’re trying to get people on our side who will never understand what socialism is.
They only “know” that it’s bad.
They have no idea what it is, only that they’ve been told ad nauseum that it’s bad.
It’s a losing battle with ignorant people, better off just going at it with fresh nomenclature to make any kind of progress on it
We can try to educate these people until we’re blue in the face and will not change anything
I’m with you. Too much baggage with these terms. I’d rather extract the actual policies from them and run with those directly. Call it “supercapitalism” for all I care (although realistically I think “demsoc” would sound like an intuitive next step after “socdem”).
I also agree with the previous person that it’s a time for revolutionary change. It’s clear the current system needs to fundamentally transform to be stable, either by doubling down on capitalism at the expense of democracy, or by doubling down on democracy at the expense of capitalism. It’s clear now that the two cannot coexist.
It’s definitely prime time for revolutionary change
It’s just a waste of time to use the buzzwords that have been poisoned beyond saving
Socialism is what is needed to balance the scales, only we can’t call it that
The wealthy and powerful have gone to great lengths to ensure that word can never hold universal appeal