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[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 50 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I love how the most basic social democratic(at best) policies in the US are framed as "socialism"

[–] Space_Cowboy92@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

The US never recovered from the Red Scare and McCarthyism. I’d even argue that both of those things entrenched US society into propaganda even more.

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The idea of the "undeserving" getting anything provided to them gets a lot of people very angry here. And then those same people probably:

  • Call themselves good Christians.
  • Are beneficiaries of some sort of public welfare whether they realize it or not.
[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If they're opposed to "socialism" as Fox News uses the term because some of the recipients aren't "deserving", they have started far from the words attributed to Jesus and God in the Christian Bible.

https://biblerepository.com/bible-verses-about-socialism/

Matthew 25:35

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.”

(And if you think this quote is out of context, go read the chapter. Jesus is depicted literally telling his followers that to get into heaven they need to take care of the poor.)

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 15 hours ago

But like only for the deserving(right skin colour) poor's right? /S

[–] Sibshops@feddit.cl 3 points 22 hours ago

Technically it is, no? Socialism is community ownership of the means of production which includes labor. And that can arguably be extended to socialized services for labor such has healthcare, public transportation, and grocery stores.