• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    16 hours ago

    You’re still equating private funding with independence. Further, social democrats are capitalists, by definition they are right wing. There are exceedingly few leftist voices except for small indie media, across the west, and these voices get drowned out by the huge private mass media corporations that are just mouthpieces for wealthy owners.

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      They exist, though. They’re worth listening to. Critically, of course, as with all media.

      social democrats are capitalists,

      Yet they are also socialists. By definition. They’re trying to find a balance, and have at times been quite successful.

      Seriously, read up on the history of socialism. There’s a lot more to it than you probably think.

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        Yes, leftist news is worth listening to, but these are by no means the common news sources in the west. Social democtats are not socialists, you cannot be both a capitalist and a socialist. Believe me, I have done reading on the history of socialism, I’m a communist.

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        Lol. I do not understand how people can be so simultaneously ignorant and arrogant on a subject.