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[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago

Someone explain this rule to me please? I don't know how she is, and Democratic Socialism most definitely isn't anticapitalist.

[-] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hi there it's me Moss here to explain the joke. this is an image of me. it is my profile picture on every platform. I was meaning to coincide this post with updating my profile picture, but the blahaj image servers are currently down so I was unable to update my profile picture.

Democratic means that I believe elections should be Democratic. it does not mean that I am part of the American Democratic party.

socialist means that I am a socialist.

anti-capitalist means that I am critical of, and mostly against the concept of capitalist government and social economic structures.

I see no reason why someone who is truly a Democratic socialist cannot be opposed to capital

[-] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 8 months ago

I think they got democratic socialism confused with social democracy (which is understandable given the similar names). The difference is that democratic socialism is... well, socialism and that social democracy is just liberalism with a social safety net.

(Side-note: Socialism is in essence about organizing the economy democratically so the fact that tankies have coopted the term to also mean totalitarian state capitalism unless democratic is added as a prefix is such a shame.)