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Explain Like I'm Five

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[โ€“] Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People are scared of it because every incarnation of it has been hellish shit show. No matter how many times people moralise about it that simple truth is always looming.

[โ€“] iglou@programming.dev 2 points 25 minutes ago

Just because a state self-proclaims to be socialist, doesn't mean it is.