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Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time

70 points · 104 comments · karakoram

  1. mig39 · · focus · HN ↗
    I live in Canada, where even our right-wing parties are in favour of public education and free health care. I guess that makes us all socialists.
    1. jimt1234 · · focus · HN ↗
      In the US, we hate socialism for everyone else, but love it for ourselves. I've talked to many pro-Trump, MAGA folks who ranted about 'welfare queens', yet they're collecting SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance - aka, money from the government). "That's different!"
      1. karakoram · · focus · HN ↗
        I find the farmers to be the funniest. Like without their stimmy cheques and subsidies they'll all be homeless. For some reason not many farmers call this socialism.
        1. OhMeadhbh · · focus · HN ↗
          There's a quote attributed to Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it"

          And an interesting investigation into the origin of the quote at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quoteinvestigator.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;11&#x2F;30&#x2F;salary&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quoteinvestigator.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;11&#x2F;30&#x2F;salary&#x2F;

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