Political Discussion and Commentary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

What's wrong with Democratic Socialism?

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What's wrong with Democratic Socialism?

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Political Discussion and Commentary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Democrats are all upset over Mamdani because he’s a Democratic Socialist? Why? I don’t get it. What’s wrong with being a Democratic Socialist. It seems like a good thing to me. I thought Democrats embraced socialism.

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I mean, if all you do is vote on election day, you don’t have better options.

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