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Stockholm syndrome

[โ€“] Babalugats@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Often because they're profiting from it themselves.

[โ€“] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Because communism โ‰  utopia. I only hate on shitty billionaires and ones that used shady methods to amass their wealth.

[โ€“] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Can you name a billionaire who doesn't match that description?

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[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Brainwashed since birth. GI Joe had the American Express slogan in an episode ("never leave home without it."). Alvin and the Chipmunks had a story about the Berlin Wall propagandizing communism. All the bad guys in Cobra have accents.

This shit is vile and it was on my morning cartoons.

[โ€“] banshee@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Interesting question. I don't think I've ever defended either. I've also only lived in capitalist countries, so I have no personal experience with other economic systems.

ITT: A lot of people answering for people who have diametrically opposed views to them.

[โ€“] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They don't have to balls to think for themselves.

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Liberalism doesn't exist because of moral failures of individuals, but because the Mode of Production supports the laws, ideology, art, culture, etc. that exist from it.

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