☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoIn a nutshelllemmy.mlimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down15
arrow-up1202arrow-down1imageIn a nutshelllemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareglimmer_twin [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·4 months ago“Socialism is when the government does stuff”. Bad meme.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·4 months agoI read it as socialism is when you have public services for addressing common needs, and capitalism is when you try to extract profits from needs.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoTo be fair, it is easy to misread.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoit does work as a conversation starter, which is good :)
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoYep, I agree! Just wanted to say it could have been clearer.
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoEasy to understand the shittier of the two to be fair too though.
“Socialism is when the government does stuff”. Bad meme.
I read it as socialism is when you have public services for addressing common needs, and capitalism is when you try to extract profits from needs.
To be fair, it is easy to misread.
it does work as a conversation starter, which is good :)
Yep, I agree! Just wanted to say it could have been clearer.
Easy to understand the shittier of the two to be fair too though.
Yep, absolutely!