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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by scythe on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:00AM (#31667465)
>the Americans hate socialism but this is what they get instead?

Unfortunately, there are a lot of Americans who believe that not prosecuting people for stealing is part of socialism.

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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by puranjay on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:03AM (#31667513)
Boy would they get mad when they learn about the gulags
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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by noirbot on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:17AM (#31667708)
It's the conflation of "anti-capitalism" and socialism. A lot of people in the US these days seem more anti-capitalist than proactively anything.
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