• yucandu@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Which is surprising because up here in Canada, the socialism started with the farmers. And it’s still going on with coop feed and grain silos and harvester sharing. Farmers don’t let other farmers starve, in Canada.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      51 seconds ago

      That’s not really Socialism, though. Segments of an economy cannot be Socialist or Capitalist by themselves, just like an arm cannot be a human. They all exist in their contexts. A worker cooperative in an economy dominated by private Capital is not an instance of Socialism, as it depends on the broader Capitalist system.

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      13 hours ago

      That’s not what socialism is. Socialism didn’t “start with the farmers”. That’s a ridiculous thing to say