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Americans who believe in Socialism, if you were given the opportunity to immigrate to a country with socialist policies, would you? (lemmy.world)

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, I want to fix my own country.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An admirable objective but... likely or even possible? Maybe it just needs to go back in the oven for a few generations.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Are you suggesting that improvement is impossible? If it can only get worse, then it is imperative to push back in defense.

How can we do nothing and still look our children in the eyes?