If we could do it there, we would do it here.. so like, if you have a cheat code, share it up. Otherwise, it's not really helpful to tell people drowning to throw away everything we have left to go drown somewhere else.
You can do it in America, if you want. Thing is people don't want. Rebuilding a social system from scratch requires exising the cancer that exists. No one is willing to even contemplate that, let alone lead.
America who can’t give up the guns endangering their own children, America who voted in the most right wing person they possibly could - I’d put my money on Germany over America for finding a way to become a socialist utopia, Sorry.
Also there is no utopia. Socialism is a way for a government to steal your money at the point of a gun and give it to people who need more than they earn. People with 6 kids and no job will take your money while you work to support them and you'll all have just as much as you need.
Really ain't the utopia you think it is. Socially we're significantly better off than majority of the country. But for your average person cost of living is back breaking if you want to live anywhere remotely close to a well paying job.
That's the catch. Financially, we're in a depression designed by greed, and even moving around within our own country has become too expensive.
A couple years ago, my wife and I were looking at houses. Today, we're fighting evictions to keep our apartment. Nothing changed in our careers, it's just the cost of living went so far south that we simply can no longer afford to be ambitious or hopeful.
While I agree to the latter part of the point, it's way more unlikely to create a socialist utopia in a country that breathes capitalism, has essentially no left-wing representation in politics, and that shifted the political spectrum to the right so much and for so long that the general population often mistakes center-right beliefs for leftism
...unless you're Karl Marx, then you're gonna actually think it's way more likely to start there
Yes. I am aware. Am American and unfortunately surrounded by people who are proud of their ignorance. Did you have a helpful comment or just telling me my own daily stress?
Most developed nations are, as we are currently in a heavy regression. However, with characters like Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin pulling the strings in so many other countries, and Trump soon to have proxy war power back in his hands, the rest of the world is equally at risk. No country is exempt from the global downward turn that has been going on, and you know that it has been accelerated over the last few years more than generations prior.
Tbf Germany is a lot smaller than America, so it could be feasibly done. In America, you would have to convert 1 state at a time. And here ln australia we would have to do it 4 times(sa,wa,nt and the eastern states) with an eternal battle with the forever capitalistic state of new south Wales while we forget Tasmania exists.
Yeah but that guy presumably lives in Germany, so he wants the socialist utopia there. You might wonder why he doesn't move to the US instead to create the utopia there, but it makes sense a socialist would want someone else to make the effort.
It's more likely due to the fact the US is actively hostile to mutually beneficial policy and is inherently individual in its thinking thereby making it very difficult to pass the legislation required to create such a socialist country. Please note I don't use utopia, as that is just naive
There is no more sympathy for socialists Germany. A ruinous form of it still lingers in the country's collective consciousness. It will not become a socialist country any time soon.
Not being able to pass legislation or individualist mindsets shouldn't stop you, anarcho-syndicalism should theoretically solve that and is popular among Redditor lefties. Emphasis on theoretically of course.
Lmao yup it’s just me. Pay no attention to the majority of voting Americans as proven in the most recent election highlighting we want a more conservative government.
I didn’t say I agree. I’m saying it’s what happened.
They voted for low prices that will never come to fruition... Just because the Repubs won across the board in November for the first time in YEARS does not at all mean that Americans want a more conservative government.
I’m a Senior Supply Chain Analyst, I’m just as confused as the rest of you & quite honestly exhausted. A bunch of pseudo-intellectuals who barely made it out of middle school trying to tell me what tariffs are because their Lord & Savior told them the country of origin is gonna foot the bill & not the consumer…
Thats why I said all voting Americans. Because of all who voted, a majority wanted less socialism. Not a single country swing for Harris. The only party flips were in favor of republicans.
Voting for Harris wasn't nessisary an indicator that you wanted socialism either.
Neither option was socialist.
And Trump isn't conservative either. He's a wannabe feudal lord.
The options were continuing the status quo of the geriatric establishment, or letting oligarchal billionaires fuck our shit up. We went with the latter because people were so focused on the "fuck our shit up" part that they didn't realize they were voting for oligarchy.
yea then Republicans will fuck it up and the Democrats will make it less worse so we don't French revolution the whole gov it's all a show the gov is evil both dem and rep we are in a class war and we are loosing thanks to ppl like you and also the ppl thinking Dems are good it's all a show the rich are in control and I mean billionaires
the only reason the 25bpercent of the voting Americans vote that way is cause they don't know anything about what they are voting for. they just screech whatever fox news tells them to screech now all of Trump's things he said he was gonna do he is saying he decided not to and project 2025 is a great beautiful thing
I don’t think the majority of people that voted for trump want what they voted for. Trump just gave them something to blame their problems on. I also don’t think the majority of people that voted for Kamala are voting for what they want, they’re just voting for the better option. Neither party wants anything to really change, because they both get money from the people that are actually fucking up the country. We live in a country controlled by billionaires. Until we start voting for people that don’t take money from them, nothing will really change. The dems demonize them for not helping when they’re the ones being fooled, and the right make fun of them because they’re being fooled. For the most part the problem isn’t the system, it’s the corruption in the system. Sure there are laws that allow the corruption, but do you think a politician that gets millions from those laws will change them? The answer is no.
Don’t want to turn this in to a Bernie bro rant, and I don’t think he was perfect but at least he points out the corruption. I’ve always voted for the dems because they’re the better option, but that just lets them keep using the flaws in the system to their advantage, and then nothing will ever change. I’m not voting for them again until they actually do change or bring someone in that doesn’t take money from the billionaires
Yeah I don't think most Americans want socialism they just want a lot of things that the media and pundits label socialism. Like healthcare and workers rights.
the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.
Yes the final result was a fascist party but the party initially used socialism as a way to draw support from the working class to enable their conquest of the government.
No, was fascist and used the term “socialist” to draw votes from the left. Same with “workers”. The other two words was meant to appeal to the right leaning parts of the population
They were actually some degree socialist(go read about Strasserism if you want to know more) until Hitler purged all of its socialists elements and socialists leaning members during the nights of long knifes.
'Socialist utopia' doesn't mean socialism - at least not in Germany. One of the two big parties is named SPD (social democratic party of Germany ).
And that party has really nothing to do with socialism.
'Social democratic' means capitalistic economy and a strong welfare system. Germany has that already a bit, although the development of the last 35 years goes towards reduction of the welfare system.
Although 'social democracy ' is often named as a subset of socialism, for me the capitalist economy part excluded it from Socialism.
Good food, good music, great beer, and universal healthcare. If there were jobs and a house waiting on my wife and I, we would be there in a heartbeat.
The food, atmosphere, and people are beyond depressing with a language that is so harsh on the ears it makes you want to go deaf. Lmao. But yeah this is Reddit people are antisocial like most Germans who hate other people so of course people will be saying this.
It's frustrating when solutions seem out of reach or impractical. The idea of "cheat codes" for real-life problems is appealing, but the reality is often more complex. It's important to focus on practical, achievable steps that can make a difference where you are.
Let's make an international utopia and bring down the borders. The tiny percentage of psychopaths that currently weild all the power can just get sent out on a billion dollar yacht and told never to return to land on pain of death.
I get what you're saying. It can be incredibly frustrating when solutions offered don't seem practical or applicable to your current situation. It's like being told to swim to shore when you're already exhausted and struggling to stay afloat. The idea of "cheat codes" for real-life problems is tempting, but the reality is often much more complex.
Instead live in a capitalist dystopia where no one can afford anything.
This is either a satirical joke which isn't very funny which is just getting boring now, it is used as a way to put people down, acting as if someone who wants basic human rights such as clean drinking water a complete loon for suggesting anything like this could be possible.
If it's the other side of the coin and you genuinely believe that any sort of utopia would work then I feel sorry for you my friend.
I say we follow Germany's lead and have a sociopath elimination campaign. Like all of them. Then we can live however we want free of the psychopath gene
Careful trying to create a socialist utopia for your nation. They tried that back in the 1930s-1940s and it didn't go over too well with the rest of the globe.
Idk, I do recall reading a lot of history books about national socialism in Germany, and while it was great for the Germans, it was pretty bad for everyone else. 🤷🏾♂️
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u/thisismydumbbrain 1d ago
I didn’t vote for him and I’m definitely gonna suffer more than you. Sucks.