Once the fringiest of marginal groups, the DSA now has close to 130,000 members, up from 5,000 15 years ago. And its members are winning Democratic primaries across the country.
Megan Romer, national co-chair, said its growth reflected a deep frustration with a system she said was failing young people. āPeople are, like, well, OK, capitalismās not working,ā she said in an interview. āSo what else is there?ā
Or correct, I forgot that there is Jo true Scotsman!
I think you donāt understand this fallacy. Hereās an example.
Person A: āNoĀ ScotsmanĀ puts sugar on hisĀ porridge.ā
Person B: āBut my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge.ā
Person A: āBut noĀ trueĀ Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge.ā
In this case, Angus actually is a Scotsman, but the person making the claim suggests he is not by using an altered definition based on their argument instead of the commonly accepted definition. The logic is circular.
This situation is akin to the following:
Person A: āNoĀ ScotsmanĀ puts sugar on hisĀ porridge.ā
Person B: āBut my uncle Andrew is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge.ā
Person A: āYour uncle Andrew is a third generation US citizen, descended from one Scottish immigrant grandfather, who makes this ancestry a substantial part of his identity despite having little knowledge of Scottish culture beyond ābagpipes, kilts, and haggisā and what he has seen in movies.ā
It this case, despite identifying as a Scotsman and utilizing some elements of Scottish culture, by the commonly accepted definition he is not a Scotsman, even in part. Therefore, any observations of Scotsmen based on Andrew are likely incorrect.
For your situation, given there have never been true socialist countries, only mixed systems, it strains credulity to believe that your experience with a mixed system is representative of a true socialist state, just as my experience with labradoodles is unlikely to be representative of Golden Retrievers or poodles.