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She used an example of socialism to describe the success of capitalism. The initial penicillin trials were funded by government and charitable sources, not private capital.
that’s not what socialism is
Death to America
there's a reason why neoliberalism was founded on dismantling the state. The mere possibility for a collective response, such as a state funded enterprise for healthcare (lol Biden's covid eugenics holocaust) is anathema to their "free association between individuals navigating the free market" utopia.
you're conflating social democracy with socialism
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That's true, but he's still right about the other statements.
Whether intentional or unintentional, assigning a specific definition to a term that lacks a commonly accepted meaning is a conversational obstructionist strategy, a tactic broadly known as 'framing'. It is used extensively by politicians to control the narrative around socialism (think red scare, palmer raids, etc). While "social democracy" is a positive framing, it still obstruct the original statement. In this case ending up in a semantics debate or attempting to assign a different emotional message. I'm not ragging on you specifically, I just want to point out that this is a thing people do.