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[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

IIUC,

the US had/has a Communist party, and you could probably sell copies of Pravda;

while the USSR had no liberal party, and it's doubtful you could have a copy of the NYT.

[–] Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The illusion of choice.

They'll never be allowed to be in power

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think that your right to have a copy of Pravda in the US was illusory.

[–] Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You can have it, you just can't have much more. No real change. You can have newspaper. But you can't change the system

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

pretty sure there's plenty of socialism online, I don't think the capitalists are hiding people from that.

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[–] Sovereign@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Hahaha funny

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