Joe Sims
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According to Joe Sims, co-chair of the Communist Party, we're using the C word all wrong.
So you're saying he's not a communist?
Not at all, no.
He's a Democratic Socialist.
Okay, so explain the difference to me between the Communist Party and the Democratic Socialists.
Well, the Communist Party believes that capitalism needs to be replaced fundamentally.
Everything.
I'm waiting for this.
Ugh, it's the wrong color.
What were you saying?
Anyway, socialists in this country generally believe that capitalism can be reformed.
But also, socialists believe that they can function within the framework of the Democratic Party.
But we don't believe that the Democratic Party can be reformed.
We've gotten a bad name over the years.
Bad reputation, I should say.
People believe that communism and socialism means government control.
But that's not true.
No?
No, not at all.
Socialism, communism, and democracy are not opposites.
And one of the great things is that you should be able to choose what you do.
Perhaps you'd like to run a food co-op.
And if you don't want to run a food co-op, maybe you'd like to run a farm.
And if you don't want to run a farm, maybe you'd like to run a theater company.
I don't think so.
Maybe you'd like to be a fisher person.
Nope.
Hey, park ranger.
Ugh.
No park ranger.
I hate animals.
How about an astronaut?
I'm terrified of space.
Tell me what you'd like to do.
You can spend more time with your family.
He champions affordability.
Any effort to put forward an idea of a more equitable distribution of wealth
is labeled socialist or communist in an effort to just dismiss it out of hand.
It's called red baiting.
Red baiting.
Red baiting, anti-communism, goal is to just divide people.
That's what happened to us during the McCarthy period, you know.
Members of Congress and even former presidents have been openly embracing vile creeds such as socialism, Marxism, and straight-up communism.
Comrade.
Kamala Harris is a radical left Marxist communist fascist.
Not a communist.
No, no, no, no, no.
AOC is what she says she is.
Not a communist.
That's a no.
Right.
Please, no.
No?
No.
No, not a communist.
Yeah, this is good.
You're doing really good.
It won't interfere with the current building.
It'll be near it, but not touching it.
And pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of.
It's my favorite.
You're saying Mamdani's
A communist?
I'm not saying that.
People are saying that.
Really?
How come nobody told me?
I'm a co-chair of the Communist Party.
Co-chair?
Co-chair.
Wow, they really make you share everything, don't they?
Well, it's better.
Cooperation is the name of the game.