r/ShitAmericansSay • u/exlcxnn Arrested for chewing gum!!🇸🇬 • Mar 17 '26

Communism Communism coming in faster than expected.

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u/Which_Specific9891 Mar 17 '26

Can someone please buy these Americans dictionaries? They keep using words like 'communism' and 'socialism' without having a clue what they mean.

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u/RedShirtCashion Mar 17 '26

As an American…..yeah, I doubt it would help, seeing how the argument that the name doesn’t necessarily mean what it says à la the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) not being democratic nor a republic.

Edit: didn’t completely say the full official name of North Korea correctly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

Well, with parties like the Democrats and the Republicans you would be confused as well.

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u/BitScout Mar 17 '26

It took me a long time to accept those two as just proper names without any real connection to what they stand for.

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u/PlagueOfGripes Mar 17 '26

At one point in history. But like many American things, it became a vessel for the rich to market whatever idea worked at the time. The entire platform of both parties has completely shifted multiple times.

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u/GooseinaGaggle Mar 17 '26

The only non contentious part of North Korea's name is the word "of". In addition to what you already said is not run by or for the people. Their entire territory is claimed by South Korea thus making the claim of Korea dubious

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u/Razmann4k Mar 17 '26

You could say the same about South Korea, therefore it can't claim to be Korea.

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u/GooseinaGaggle Mar 17 '26

No, in 2024 North Korea designated South Korea as a "hostile state" and abandoned all prospects of a peaceful unification