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Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats vote with Republicans to condemn socialism (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 7 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.