It actually wasn't. The comment I responded to was posing socialism as being at the root of these issues. It's hardly the cause of any of these, much like how capitalism itself also isn't the cause of toppling foreign democracies or threatening thermonuclear annihilation, which is what I was contrasting.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not Socialism, I specifically said tbe USSR in this example.
I didn't call it the root, I don't think Joseph Stalin invented being a King, I just think he has forever stained the word Socialism.
When people talk about an apple that is rotten because somebody specifically asked about it, talking about all the rotten oranges and pears in the world is top of the line whataboutism.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

You mean to say you weren't actually talking about socialism, just like I wasn't actually talking about capitalism, but instead the US hegemony in particular? 😝

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I mean to say you're talking about shit that nobody asked about and saying I made claims which I clearly didn't.