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decades of red scare propaganda and purposefully sabotaging public education
Seriously. People don’t seem to remember or understand how intense anti-communist feelings were during the Cold War. It would be un-American to assume anything different than capitalism.
I heard that most of my life, so it feels extremely unsettling to experience MAGA love affair with some of the tyrants their forbears would have most hated
Anti-socialism is just collateral damage
Also Cubans who act like they weren't children when their family left. Souith Florida Spanish radio is wild!
"Socialism is when the government does stuff 😭" - Average American, unfortunately
Nah seriously this is what they legit believe, they just think the government doing it means it's going to be shitty. Which is not entirely untrue. But at least it's not trying to actively rip you off while continuing to offer less and less, like any publicly traded company has a good track record of doing.