• gmtom
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    support systems that have brought about immense increases in life expectancy, worker’s rights, women’s rights, free healthcare, free education, and literally defeated fascism

    Cool, you can make literally that exact same argument about capitalist neo libs.

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      You actually can’t make the argument that neoliberal capitalism has defeated fascism at all, you’d have to be completely historically & politically illiterate to even consider it. Life expectancy increase came as a result of medical research conducted around the world, all others were conceded by capitalist governments begrudgingly and only after years of hard work by organizations that were overwhelmingly made up of anti-capitalists, and every single one is currently being rolled back in every capitalist nation on earth.

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        and every single one is currently being rolled back in every capitalist nation on earth.

        Just completely factually incorrect.

        You actually can’t make the argument that neoliberal capitalism has defeated fascism at a

        Sure you can, I wouldn’t agree with it, just like I wouldn’t agree that socialism did, but you can make that argument

        Life expectancy increase came as a result of medical research conducted around the world

        Yeah that’s kind of my point. The things you mention as successes of “”“socialist”“” countries is just scientific advancement and industrialisation.