
Poor white guys used to love socialism 100 years ago. Coal wars in the Appalachians, farmers collectives in the Midwest, and Italian anarchists in New York. But then the red scare happened and the propaganda sunk in. They were taught that socialism = authoritarianism, and that never taxing rich people would somehow make them wealthy.
I was referring to the 1920s being 80 years into socialism existing as a concept. Okay so it’s the shit where we quibble about the definitions until the words don’t mean anything anymore gotcha. Okay if we go with the definition of socialism as in meaning a social safety net like Europe (which many people will disagree with mind you myself included) then you would include the labor governments of Britain and Australia which were in power 100 years ago
Now I’m just confused what you were even saying then. Socialist groups existed in America 100 years ago (like the Socialist Party of America). You said socialism didn’t exist 100 years ago, so I pointed out governments in case you meant governments. And then you say you only meant the United States? So socialism has never existed as a concept because America has never had a socialist government? What?