I am a Trotskyist, ask me anything.

@HoraceGreenley again a meme that only holds up in the fucked up US cause even in other capitalist countries studying doesn't throw you into a debt and most majors are valued.

@Gloomy
The point is that people gravitate to Socialism/Communism and related things because of ignorance.

@HoraceGreenley The point is that the people you call Socialist/communist are usually just people advocating for social democracy which is standard in europe so calm the fuck down

@Gloomy
Western Europe is still using capitalism

@HoraceGreenley exactly and your red scare is ridiculous

@Gloomy
No. Europe still has too much Socialism in its economy. Capitalism is the only thing holding it up.

@HoraceGreenley I know you don't give a shit about labor laws and regulations that benefit people

@HoraceGreenley

@Gloomy Not at all...I just know capitalism does the most good for the most people.

@HoraceGreenley Thatcher was a monster...
she
- supported the retention of Capital Punishment
- destroyed Britain’s manufacturing industry and her policies led to mass unemployment
- voted against the relaxation of divorce laws
- abolished free milk for School Children
- precipitated a Social Housing crisis still being felt today
- sowed the seeds of NHS Privatisation
- Section 28 – Thatchers quiet homophobia
- the Irish Hunger Strikes
...

your idea of capitalism doesn’t help people and capitalists are too busy stealing worth their workers created

@Gloomy
That doesn't make her wrong about Socialism

@HoraceGreenley she is way off there

@Gloomy According to you. You're too young to remember the USSR. Ever meet anyone that lived there in the soviet days?

Trust me...its scary.

@HoraceGreenley I'm Romanian... I have plenty family members who lived under communism. Some terrible things happened but overall the situation was better because now terrible things still happen but overall it's worse too

@Gloomy That's not what I read about Romania. I've spoken to some and they paint a very different picture

@HoraceGreenley anecdotal evidence
Well I have some too and it says the contrary.

Under Communism my people (Romani) haven't been officially protected as a minority but for the first time social policies helped us escape poverty and now the stigma is back and our socio economic conditions suck

@HoraceGreenley Where is the dividing line for you between Capitalism and Socialism exactly?

Are you okay with socialized police and fire departments in the US? What about socialized infrastructure such as public roads and phone lines? What about our socialized national defense forces? Libraries? Public schools? Postal services?

How do you identify when we have too much Socialism? And how can you state that capitalism does more good when practically every nation on earth uses mixed economies and almost without fail puts the aspects of society they care most about under socialist models?

@HoraceGreenley Lol, you're a bourgeoisie apologist.

@HoraceGreenley I'd really hate to use the meme of this USSR grifter, but it fits.