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Why are people critical of democratic socialism? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by curious_beetle@lemmy.ml to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

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I am trying to understand as much as possible about socialism as well as other leftist ideologies, and looking around i’ve seen many being critical about democratic socialism, but i honestly struggle to understand why that is such a bad idea as some say. I get that it’s incompatible with ML, but it doesn’t sound so unrealistic and unreasonable to me, so… can you explain? Excuse the ignorance, but as i said socialism is a new topic for me, i mean no offense to anybody

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its againt a lifetime of propaganda, poor education and tribalism.

[–] StudyTheDerg@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Engels again on tribalism:

"Within the tribe there is as yet no difference between rights and duties; the question whether participation in public affairs, in blood revenge or atonement, is a right or a duty, does not exist for the Indian; it would seem to him just as absurd as the question whether it was a right or a duty to sleep, eat, or hunt. A division of the tribe or of the gens into different classes was equally impossible."

Anti-tribal sentiment has no place in a communist movement.