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Poll: Approval of Socialism at Record High as Capitalist Principles Hit New Lows (truthout.org)

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[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have a hard time understanding how a democratically elected government creating and operating a service to provide people with the essentials they need to survive isn't an example of the people owning the means of production.

Never forget that "socialism is just a transition to communism" was a thing Lenin said, not Marx.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 11 hours ago

Afaiu, social democracy accepts some amount of free market and capitalism for economical efficiency, and democratic socialism accepts it but for a transitional period?
That's why I would say they are not the same as straight up Marxist revolution to seize the means of production. And I don't think much people support that in this poll, but it does not seem to detail it to confirm.