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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 15 Aug \ parent \ on: Kamala Harris First Economic Plan Proposes Price Controls To "Combat Inflation" econ

I think we perpetrate this thinking by using the slur of communist/socialist politically.

Now, I'm fine with people saying "this idea is socialist". But people call Biden a communist. That's bullshit and doesn't help.

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 15 Aug

Yes we need to do better than always arguing in absolutes. Everyone on the left is a commie and everyone on the right is a fascist according to the opposite base.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 15 Aug

Yeah. Its absurd.