• Boozilla@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Years ago, when I started getting over my conservative upbringing, I was telling a friend–in an awkward incoherent manner–how I thought we needed to radically reform healthcare in the US.

    She detected my mental struggle and said, “Socialism is not a dirty word”.

    That simple phrase cut through my conflicted brain. It’s embarrassing how indoctrinated I was, and how I needed permission from a smart person to just accept the obvious.

    I wonder how many other doofuses out there are like I was. They just need the right phrase at the right time from someone they respect.