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minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYou understand Orwell was a socialist, right?
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYes, he was. I would refine the description as a democratic socialist. One can be a “socialist” and still be anti-authoritarian.
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoDemsocs explicitly are not socialist, they just want a welfare state. And if course you can be socialist and antiauthoritarian, those are opposites.
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months ago those are opposites. Not exclusively.
You understand Orwell was a socialist, right?
Yes, he was. I would refine the description as a democratic socialist.
One can be a “socialist” and still be anti-authoritarian.
Demsocs explicitly are not socialist, they just want a welfare state.
And if course you can be socialist and antiauthoritarian, those are opposites.
Not exclusively.