Why is social democracy and democratic socialism confused called communism by far right wingers?

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I didn’t express an opinion about whether it was true. I said it’s a reasonable claim. As for no police, prisons, and open borders, lol, they will get eaten alive.

@Fukfacewillie Now you are playing games.


For something to be a reasonable claim it by definition needs to be based on truth.

Unless you think any random opinion is equally valid.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I’m writing in good faith. A claim can be reasonable but false.

@nudistsueaz
And you think capitalism is working?😊

Btw she could have said exactly the same thing about capitalism US style.😊

@SumKindaMunster perhaps hyperbole. I think trump is a right wing populist. But I find his rhetoric and actions alarming. I tended to think people who voted for trump felt disenfranchised by the political system and wanted a new kind of leadership. Yes extremists tend to fall into dehumanizing their social and political others. Well I do happen to know one or two republican trump supporters so I think it was more for economic reasons and so on.

@midnightmagic Not disenfranchised at all. Just tired of the invasion and our tax dollars being stolen.

@NerdyPotato "A city-run grocery store in Kansas City that was propped up by more than $18 million taxpayer dollars has closed.

Sun Fresh Market opened in 2018 in the city-owned Linwood Shopping Center. Part of a Community Improvement District, the shopping center received a multi-million-dollar renovation budget about a decade ago as part of the city’s sprawling revitalization efforts on the east side.

But after months of bare shelves, severe crime problems that Kansas City has spent additional money to curb, and what one reporter described as a “rancid odor” connected to improper drain maintenance, Sun Fresh has shut its doors.

“Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, we are no longer, at this time, able to serve the residents of this important community,” a sign on the front door of Sun Fresh said, local NPR affiliate KCUR reported. “It has always been our dream and passion to provide quality products and services in a safe, family environment. At this time, unfortunately, we are unable to do that.”

For years, the city was “happy to be a partner,” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said.

“But there’s always a limit to what we will invest as well.”

The failure of Sun Fresh in Kansas City raises doubts about the feasibility of New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to establish a $65 million network of city-funded grocery stores. Mamdani has been unclear whether the stores will be operated by the city, or if nonprofit partners similar to CBKC will run the stores.

Waving off concerns that New York’s food is expensive because of sales tax rates and high cost of labor, not because of grocery stores’ profit margins, which are famously low, Mamdani has lauded his taxpayer-funded plan as “political experimentation.”

Police frequently field reports of fighting, drug use and public sex near the Sun Fresh, according to the Kansas City Star. Two managers quit last year over “hazardous” working conditions.

The store’s assistant manager Adriana Rentie said at an August meeting with Lucas and Kansas City Police Department Chief Stacey Graves that on one occasion, a Kansas City police officer “declined to intervene with a SunFresh customer accused of theft because the officer was busy responding to another customer wielding a machete,” the Star reported.

@NerdyPotato You’re obviously not a business person. Do you know the margins typical in the grocery business? Maybe do some research LOL.

Government is painfully inefficient. These stores will cost taxpayers a fortune. And they’ll drive private business away. I predict this foolish move will create far more problems than it proposes to solve.

Time will tell. Remember this post.

@carpediem Yep, will do!

@midnightmagic 🙄

@Northwest what did I say? I mean I wish for peace in the Middle East but I don’t like Israel invading Palestine. But at this point if there could a treaty drawn up and Palestine and Israel would accept a two state solution. One thing Israel does do right however is having some lgbtqia protections and is the only country in the region to have it. Jordan, Lebanon and turkey ( well turkey is not in southwest Asia or North Africa) have lgbtqia+ decriminalized. And if far left wingers at least some support hamas oh boy. I’m center left.

@midnightmagic It's called the Levant.

@NerdyPotato No, never did I say business were suppose to be public or that people should control the means of production.

@IsawDDevil socialism or fascism? You can't say you're either! Let's laugh at the people on the fence. Because they're liars.

@Roundandroundwego Social democracy is a centre-left political and economic ideology featuring regulated capitalism, a strong welfare state, and reduced economic inequality. As discussed on Reddit, users note a general consensus that it uses democratic means to balance free markets with public well-being.Core PrinciplesWelfare Programs: Funding universal healthcare, free education, and pensions through public taxes.Market Regulation: Allowing private property and businesses while setting strict rules to protect workers and consumers.Democratic Rule: Rejecting violent revolution in favor of peaceful, ballot-box political reform.Key GoalsSocial Justice: Ensuring fair pay, job safety, and equal human rights for all groups.Wealth Redistribution: Using progressive taxes to narrow the gap between rich and poor.Public Goods: Providing basic needs like housing and medical care outside of pure profit motives.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow thet don't understand it's every adult's responsibility to be a good communist and "social democracy" is fascism lite.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You are so predictable.🤣🍿