Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoArguments after dinnerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down119cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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minus-squarechlorokenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoBaffling statement. “Bourgeois” is one of two words that define the way my ‘side’ views the world. I don’t think you and I are on the same side.
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s a question I’ve wondered for decades: Why do so many socialists speak in code-words — Bolsheviks, bourgeoisie, Engels, Marx, proletaritat, etc — which only push people away? Socialism is a grand concept; why not translate it into English?
Baffling statement. “Bourgeois” is one of two words that define the way my ‘side’ views the world. I don’t think you and I are on the same side.
It’s a question I’ve wondered for decades: Why do so many socialists speak in code-words — Bolsheviks, bourgeoisie, Engels, Marx, proletaritat, etc — which only push people away? Socialism is a grand concept; why not translate it into English?
Is this satire?