found in the wilds

  • davel [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    AFIAK most Europeans still draw the line at private ownership of the means of production, while in America the red scare & McCarthyite purges left it a floating signifier because there was no actual left left.

      • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net
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        11 months ago

        I grew up among Marxists so I know they exist, but outside of that familial circle I don’t think I’ve met a european leftist that isn’t actually a capitalist. There’s a handful of former libs I’ve converted into leftists, but I can’t think of any I just bumped into out in the wild.