One of the biggest political misunderstandings in America is that people keep confusing communism, socialism, democratic socialism, and social democracy as if they’re the same thing. They’re not.
MAGA calls everything to the left of them “communism.” That’s intellectually lazy and historically wrong.
But here’s the Hyparadox: parts of the left don’t help either. Many people around Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Mamdani advocate policies that are much closer to Nordic-style social democracy, yet they still call themselves for some reason a democratic socialists. That creates even more confusion and gives MAGA an easy target. It reminds me of calling a real Football ⚽️ a soccer.
I was born under real socialism and communism in Poland. I watched that system collapse, I hated it. That’s exactly why I support social democracy, not communism and not authoritarian socialism, or democratic socialism. Democratic Socialism is a one step before socialism which usually leads to communism.
Social democracy means a democratic capitalist economy with a strong safety net, universal healthcare, workers’ rights, and equal opportunity. That’s Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland. Those countries are not communist. They’re among the freest, wealthiest, and most innovative societies on Earth. Democratic socialism is criticizing capitalism, which social democracy is actually based on.
The same thing happens with Israel.
I support Israel’s right to exist. I support Jewish people. I always have.
At the same time, I have no problem saying: Fuck Netanyahu, his government, and anyone who supports policies I believe are immoral.
Criticizing a government is not the same as hating an entire people.
America desperately needs to stop arguing with labels and start arguing with reality.
The ceasefire isn’t “breaking down"
It’s doing exactly what zero-sum conflicts do:
revealing the next phase of war
What happens in the next 72 hours won’t be random.
It will follow a pattern
Here’s the framework almost no one is using
@lukefoxjukebox I’m open to one or both positions… first move is make moves to get bigger, more skilled, and not have lil Domi or an Ahl call-up fight a battle months late and when the season is already lost (and the jays season has already started)…
We need an American administration vs Canadian cabinet game… nhl rules… fighting is 5mins in the sin bin and can do it 3x before getting ejected from the game…. I got my $ on team Canada 🇨🇦
@SadClubCommish Crosby passes the ‘C’ to McDavid- then McDavid passes to Celebrini when the time comes. Canada men’s team looking in good hands for next 5 Olympic Games
Love the Horvat, Marchand and Suzuki line as the 4th… Carter, Benn and Marleau were difference makers in 2014…. Depth advantage wins best-on-best tournaments…
Per @sportsnetkyle at Canada practice
McDavid still with Celebrini & Wilson
Crosby still with Marner & Stone
MacKinnon between Hagel & Reinhart
Horvat between Marchand & Suzuki