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If you were well-read in socialism, you’d know that there are a lot of disagreeing factions, and those disagreements include semantic ones over what is and isn’t socialism.

So you tell me, what is socialism? Is marxist-leninism socialism? Is Cuba socialist? Current-day China? Mao’s China? Rojava? Would a society organized in worker co-ops be socialist?

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dogbert@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Deflection. Regardless of your definition, none of the countries you listed or any other country considered socialist has ever reverted to social democracy. Again, it is a phase capitalism where concessions are given to the working class. Only capitalist countries attempt it.

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- nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Deflection
  
  Says the person who declines to answer simple questions.
  
  none of the countries you listed or any other country considered socialist has ever reverted to social democracy
  
  This is the most incoherent argument I’ve read all week. What does it matter if a country reverts to what? Also, some USSR states did revert to social democracies, but that probably doesn’t count to you because of reasons. To be clear, I don’t care about your reasons for that.
  
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