• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Bernie would not have established Socialism either. Even if the DNC was in lock-step with Bernie, Bernie would have established a Social Democracy. Far better for the American people, but it would be a temporary solution just like FDR’s Social Democracy eroded over time.

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      2 months ago

      just like FDR’s Social Democracy eroded over time.

      Unlike Lenin’s communism which was immune to capitalist propaganda and still exists today.

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        2 months ago

        I can explain what went right and what went wrong with the USSR, including the events leading to its dissolution and their material basis and what would be similar and what would be different if the US went Socialist, if you want, but the short response is that the Material Conditions of 2024 US Empire are fundamentally and entirely different to 1917 Tsarist Russia, and to compare them 1 to 1 is false.