this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I see @yogthos@lemmy.ml posted this two years ago and posted it anyway

[–] 1Malayali@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is good that you post it.
Memes as a means to remind ourselves and spread awareness

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago
[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Post this any time you see someone say "socialism had never worked"

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago

When a socialist country does survive ofc libs will whine and complain "waah waah why are these countries with siege socialism so 1984 authoritarian" (which isnt even fully true since they're significantly less authoritarian than they say)

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

To Capitalists, there are only two types of governments systems .... Authoritarianism or a government working towards Authoritarianism

[–] Fossifoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

See? It never works!

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Then they let the authoritarians and dictators who claim to be socialists grow so they could point at it and say "See? Socialism bad!".

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

No, they don't. They label the ones that successfully survive as dictators so they can point and say socialism bad, but that's not accurate.

[–] Red5@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Which ones?

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

The only fake socialist that comes to my mind who received unlimited financial and diplomatic support from the US is Pol Pot. (That too was done to suppress the Communists in Vietnam.)

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf03ejEKGKxyGu4G3QCLWhXefQvgG1EEH

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

What they actually do is take countries where the system doesn't obey oil barons, rich landlords or private healthcare executives, and tell us how undemocratic they are for funding public healthcare, education and pensions without the consent of the fascists.

Incredible to me that in 2026 with the rise of the far right in the west, people still believe the "muh democruhzy" myth.