☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 days agoIn a nutshelllemmy.mlimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down14
arrow-up1201arrow-down1imageIn a nutshelllemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareglimmer_twin [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·20 days ago“Socialism is when the government does stuff”. Bad meme.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·20 days 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-up19·20 days agoTo be fair, it is easy to misread.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·20 days agoit does work as a conversation starter, which is good :)
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·20 days agoYep, I agree! Just wanted to say it could have been clearer.
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·20 days 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!