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23. I too have been trying to point that out to no avail.

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:58 PM

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I've said ad nauseam, just call yourselves social democrats - because that brings to mind "society" not "socialism." Honestly, I don't even think some of the folks calling themselves democratic socialists understand what that means. The people are going to fail because apparently many of the best of them don't understand that words have meaning. I've pretty much shut up though because no
one is listening.

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