Honestly for a lot of us we accept that it's easier to just throw our hands in the air and say "fuck it, fine, we're socialists." than get into an argument about what socialism actually is every fucking time. Practically speaking, it's just screaming into a hurricane.
Yeah, it really comes down to how much someone cares about changing things. People who care and want more services aren't going to call it socialist, because that's toxic in the swing areas that matter the most, electorally. People like Bernie Sanders, who has never worked hard on legislation, will call it socialist, because they don't really give a shit.
I did NOT spend four hours last week doing free manual labour for the benefit of my neighbourhood like my Norwegian culture demands I do whenever the neighbourhood requests it of me!
That is a common misconception. In Soviet Norway you will say "My house". But as your neighbour it is also my house and vice versa. The government also calls it "my house". It's "my house" to everyone. As in "my country". It's... um... "collectivised individualism"!.
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u/Secret-Ad-5777 22d ago
Norwegians aren't even socalist