Can we have an honest conversation about what socialism / communism is after this election?

I am getting really tired of people calling the NDP communist or socialist when clearly their policies are actually moderate and fiscally intelligent.

But yeah...CoMmUnIsM. #abpoli
I should mention, if you're against socialism, you're against:

1. Police departments
2. Fire departments
3. Public libraries
4. The military
5. Public water supplies
6. Pensions

The list goes on.

Anything that serves public utility is by definition "socialist".
Yes, socialism also wants to create economic equality, or at least lessen economic disparity.

Nowhere in anything I have ever read about the NDP says they want total economic equality.

So do they embrace elements of leftist ideals? I guess.

Are they hard socialists? No.
And communism is a totalitarian variant of socialism, where the state forcibly takes your property away in the pursuit of economic equality.

If you think this is the NDP, you're a special kind of ignorant.

#abpoli

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Danielle Smith, despite what she says publicly, is hellbent on user paid medical services that are privatized.

If you're an employer, /1
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Where does the line get drawn as far as what gets funded for your "Health Spending Account"?

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I will never forget how my children were sent to unsafe classrooms, and didn't have to be. 2/n

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Bottom pic: the trans-atlantic slave trade.

Note: the bottom pic is there the oppression and tyranny happened.
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Hey @jkenney, I am not sure if you know this or not, but since the beginning of the pandemic I have had way more money than usual.

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