#Socialist

"Under socialism, doctors and cleaners get paid the same, right?"No. Neither gets paid anything."That's worse!"No. Neither gets paid anything, because anything they need is given to them. "Then who would
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Corbyn's literally a communist.150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto [relaunched again by Labour this week].Jeremy Corbyn along with other communists from around the world. 1/10 Corbyn's literally a communist.'Jeremy Corbyn,
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Serious overthinking incoming...Oh, so, the Empire in Star Wars. Other than the Emperor's personal power trip, what IS it? What is its moral basis, its socio-economic basis, its legal framework?
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Thread: my view of the Uyghur Muslim situation in China. What I say won’t fully please anyone.I say all of this sincerely as a Muslim, as an anti-imperialist, and as
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Since we're just an hour away, here's a quick thread of #MayDay posters from around the world. A Garland for May Day, Walter Crane, Britain, 1895. May Day poster from
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A tweet-storm (my first ever?) to attempt to add context and defend the position of this earlier tweet:I picked these 3 not because they are particularly related but because they
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A thread on why @Trent_Horn is wrong.Number one the article he is talking about is wrong Bezos's current net worth is 138billion they are projecting his worth at a trillion
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75 years ago today, this was the headline of the Evening Standard - as Clement Attlee's Labour won the 1945 general election by a landslide"From the start the strong swing
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1/ Start of thread re a possible socialist bookI am hoping to edit and publish a book bringing together short essay / Blog pieces written by Labour left Tweeters. Idea
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Look, I used to argue the same way.I didn't want suburban crossover voters because they would have Romney-style politics, and I wanted Obama-Trump voters back because they would support kitchen-table
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The Ironies of our time... Truth Thread• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.• Somehow It’s un-American for the census to count
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Arguably the most important upcoming election in Hartlepool is the local council - a full council election due to recent boundary changes. The Pool has long been a messy place
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The Guardian is the paper of record for #LabourAntisemitism. How better to portray the issue of Corbyn's expulsion than in a classically Christian antisemitic reworking of the Jewish Salome slaying
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If you're wondering why so many video game narratives seem oddly poignant right now - #Fallout76's new storyline about inoculating people against a virus, #Destiny2's narrative about impending urban disaster,
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Illusions endure because we all have a strong need for illusions, as strong as our material needs. And the conceit that your own beliefs are not illusory? This, too, is
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Caitlyn Jenner is appearing on Hannity this evening. I'm gonna watch to see if Hannity uses her authentic pronouns and how she responds. Because I just have a hunch. You
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