Doug HollandM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoArguments after dinnerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down122cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1682arrow-down1imageArguments after dinnerlemmy.worldDoug HollandM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
minus-square@chloroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoBaffling statement. “Bourgeois” is one of two words that define the way my ‘side’ views the world. I don’t think you and I are on the same side.
minus-squareDoug HollandOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish0•3 months agoIt’s a question I’ve wondered for decades: Why do so many socialists speak in code-words — Bolsheviks, bourgeoisie, Engels, Marx, proletaritat, etc — which only push people away? Socialism is a grand concept; why not translate it into English?
Baffling statement. “Bourgeois” is one of two words that define the way my ‘side’ views the world. I don’t think you and I are on the same side.
It’s a question I’ve wondered for decades: Why do so many socialists speak in code-words — Bolsheviks, bourgeoisie, Engels, Marx, proletaritat, etc — which only push people away? Socialism is a grand concept; why not translate it into English?
Is this satire?