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There used to be a country called the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
It was built on the principles of socialism
It turns out that actually living in a socialist state is oppressive to the point where millions upon millions were starved because that was what was needed to give socialism the chance to take off in a capitalist world.
Tell me you're an American without telling me you're an American.
Next up: The Nazis were socialist, it's in the name!