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Is it normal to be constantly afraid of government? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For Context: I live in the United States of America.

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[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I don't really care about the Capitalist-Socialist spectrum, I just want to live a normal happy life without tyrannical oppression. Capitalists are evil, and so far any Communist/Socialist societies have become totalitarian regimes and now ended up as Capitalist anyways, but even worse than your typical Capitalist country that still has democracy (China is a State-Capitalist country with no democracy, ironic, given how Communist they claim to be).

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

so far any communist/socialist societies have become totalitarian regimes

Uh. You need to broaden your perspective. 1) many countries in Europe have more socialistic governments than the USA. 2) socialism is a spectrum with varying levels. The USA while ostensibly capitalist, has socialist roads and schools and police.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Socialism is when people own the means of production. I’d argue that’s different than infrastructure, though it is a murky line between infrastructure and capital.

[–] Elkaki123@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

No no, socialims is when I have two cows and the government eats one of them (or something like that, I didn't advance much in my theory)

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