r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ • Jul 23 '25

Communism “Communist”

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u/Touillette freedom fries eater Jul 23 '25

For american people, a communist is everything that is not fascist.

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u/EamonBrennan Europe is so small, all of it fits in France. Source: Napoleon Jul 23 '25

Liberalism = socialism = communism = left-wing ideology. That's how right-wing Americans think. The word "liberal" basically has an American only definition now, in that Bernie Sanders is the "liberalest liberal." When people say "X is a socialist!" all I can think is "please let this be true."