Poll: "The left, left politics and left policies would do a lot better if the left dropped 'socialism' in its messaging as average voters notice that its founders saw it as a gateway drug to communism".
Broadly agree/disagree?
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The problem I see is that "socialism" has gone from a very specific thing to a nebulous "whatever you want it to mean" term. I was in a forum discussion about economic systems and how they're all based on who controls the means of production. I used the literal definition of communism, socialism, and capitalism. Some rando popped in and accused me of "buying into the propaganda".
No, knowing what words mean isn't propaganda.
