• Cowbee [he/him]
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    I’m more of a practical American socialist than a radical communist (since that’s unlikely to happen here)

    Why do you say this? What’s a “practical American Socialist?”

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      • practical: I don’t have any delusions that the US will implement leftism more extreme than EU style socialist policies any time soon
      • American: I’m from the US
      • socialist: I feel the government should be involved more in regulating industries, owning certain categories of services, moderating excess wealth, and ensuring the financial/economic well-being of citizens, as opposed to the conservative style which is basically ‘well, if you’re poor then fuck off’.
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        • practical: I don’t have any delusions that the US will implement leftism more extreme than EU style socialist policies any time soon

        The EU doesn’t have socialist policies, you’re referring to social safety nets.

        • socialist: I feel the government should be involved more in regulating industries, owning certain categories of services, moderating excess wealth, and ensuring the financial/economic well-being of citizens, as opposed to the conservative style which is basically ‘well, if you’re poor then fuck off’.

        So you’re talking Social Democracy, like the Nordics, not Socialism.

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          Not precisely as I mentioned public ownership of some industries and services that are privately owned. Healthcare and drug production would be two good examples.

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            Those are found in the nordics, that’s still dependent on Capitalism as the basis unless you also want to entirely restructure government.

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              I’d love for the US economic system to somehow be wholly restructured, but incremental improvements are the best we can do currently.

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          Look, people have been debating the definition of socialism for decades, and you guys are not going to figure out here today on Lemmy World.