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Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats vote with Republicans to condemn socialism (lemmy.ml)
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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm not from the US. Can you explain the context to me?

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

It is a meaningless resolution, but the context / why they did is probably:

  1. A socialist just won the election for mayor of New York and they're mad about that
  2. They're gearing up for war with Venezuela and if people aren't buying that Maduro is the head of a drug cartel, then they can try the good old fashioned "we need to invade to free these poor people from the horrors of socialism" schtick that worked so well in the Cold war. The resolution puts Hugo Chávez and Nicolas Maduro on the same level as Stalin and Polpot.
[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Some people said "We don't like socialism" and some others said "Aye" and we're all supposed to care because of their job or something

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks, but i still don't get it. I mean a resolution condemning socialism? What is that supposed to mean? That seems ridiculous even for today's US.

[–] cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its a sternly written letter written by Congress that does nothing. They've been a thing for decades and are how Congress expresses it's official opinion. Since members have different opinions there has to be a consensus mechanism to express this or else it's just individual Congress members saying what they think.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, of course, I'm aware what a resolution is, but usually they have some sort of statement, a purpose. "We condemn socialism" is a meaningless, utterly stupid statement. What does that mean specifically? What is the purpose, except perhaps to make a polemical statement that is so general that it can serve no purpose other than right-wing propaganda?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 day ago

None. You hit the nail solidly on the head.