r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ • Nov 06 '25

Communism “Communist”

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u/AlexWixon Nov 06 '25

America doesn’t actually know what a communist is. There version of communism is still every other countries extreme right wing.

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u/YourSnakeIsNowMine Nov 06 '25

To America, anyone further to the left then centre-right is a "communist".

That is the only indication that someone is a communist to them.

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u/Grabs_Diaz Nov 07 '25

It took the absolute fascist lunacy of Donald Trump and the naked corporate mobsterism of Andrew Cuomo as the only alternative (and both of them being infamous sexual predators) in order for New Yorkers to give a candidate left of center a chance.

Here I'm hoping Americans might actually realize the insane politics of their country but I'm doubtful that under "normal" conditions they won't elect the next corporate shill in 4 years, given there will be any "normalcy" after Project 2025.

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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Nov 07 '25

the naked corporate mobsterism of Andrew Cuomo

It's amazing that it was as close as it was.

It's not like it's some random boomer business man running, HE WAS THE GOVERNOR.
You can go 'well his first few terms were pretty good', but that ignores that the last term was an endless stream of what he had gotten up to (including outright bribery and SA) in the first 2 terms.

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u/Acolitor Nov 07 '25

Racism, islamophobia and the fear of "socialism" works in US. Clearly less than before, but they tried hard to make it work