Canadian CurmudgeonSep 6, 2025
Marx was right.
Show threadJacquelineSep 6, 2025

@CdnCurmudgeon

Marx was right about almost everything and it's so depressing that everyone thinks of him as some evil guy when he really wasn't.

Did he have some bad views? Yes! A lot of those were a product of his time, but they were still kinda bad and don't need to be defended.
But those were in his letters, and maybe 1 or 2 minor essays he published. Doesn't make the rest of what he said bad.

Show threadsilhouette   Sep 6, 2025
@burnoutqueen @CdnCurmudgeon who TF thinks of Karl friggin Marx as an "evil guy"? (It's Americans, isn't it)
Show threadEvan LightSep 6, 2025
@silhouette @burnoutqueen @CdnCurmudgeon As an American, oh, yes, it's a lot of Americans. "Socialism" is an "evil" word to most Americans—even though they have no idea what socialism is and how they already benefit from our (currently extremely weak) social support systems here.
Show threadCanadian CurmudgeonSep 6, 2025
@elight @silhouette @burnoutqueen
In my long experience, most Americans (and few Canadians) understand what 'socialism' is, and have been taught to associate it with communism. Yet pensions, parks, libraries, public utilities, universal healthcare, environmental protection, air traffic controllers... they are all thanks to socialism.
Show threadEvan Light
@CdnCurmudgeon @silhouette @burnoutqueen pensions means "social security" here. And one party has been seeking to kill it since its inception.
Sep 6, 2025 at 8:12pmWeb